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CHICAGO, IL – Five trucks of lighting and rigging rolled into Chicago’s Grant Park, and soon after, a 300-by-160-foot arch structure covered two lanes of E Congress Avenue. Part of Draft Town, the site played a key role in events associated with the 2015 NFL Draft from April 30-May 2, with a massive lighting assist from Bandit Lites and C3 Presents.

MONTREAL, Canada – InfoComm 2015 attendees are invited to participate in a free technical presentation by LUMINEX Network Intelligence, manufacturer of network backbone solutions.  The goal of the presentation is to demystify the subject of AV and lighting over IP and offers guests an opportunity to explore the challenges, the protocols and new standards.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – The Broward Center for the Performing Arts recently underwent a $60 million renovation that included new lighting fixtures specified for a new ballroom. Lucas Bonewits, production supervisor, noted that while conventional lighting fixtures were considered, the venue opted for Chauvet Professional Rogue R1 Spot LED moving fixtures instead.

MIDDLETON, WI – ETC’s CUE (Create. Understand. Experience.) professional-development conference is fast approaching. Space for the event – to be held June 26th to 28th in Madison, Wisconsin – is running out, and registration is scheduled to close on Wednesday, June 17th. Lighting and rigging professionals from around the globe are encouraged to reserve their place now at www.etcconnect.com/CUE to take advantage of the unique training opportunity.

LINCOLN, AL – Geico selects Chauvet Professional PVP X6IP outdoor-rated video panels, supplied by Dynamic Productions USA, for its NASCAR event at Talladega Speedway.

INDIO, CA — For a variety of country music acts performing on the two biggest stages at this year’s StageCoach Festival, held April 24, 25 and 26 on the same site as the Coachella festival earlier in the month (April 10–12 and April 17–19, 2015), Visions Lighting provided Elation’s Platinum BX and Platinum Beam 5R Extreme fixtures. The Palomino stage is pictured here.

LAS VEGAS – Omnia, in Caesars Palace on the Las Vegas Strip, is the latest superclub launched by Hakkasan Worldwide. LD Willie Williams collaborated with Audiotek’s head of lighting Andy Taylor on the lighting design, which includes 100 moving lights from Robe. David Chesal from Robe Lighting Inc. was also an integral part of the team.

UK – Adlib Lighting has recently invested over £1million with Martin Professional increasing its MAC inventory to over 200+ units including the award winning MAC Viper family, MAC Quantum Wash, and MAC Aura.

LOS ANGELES — Dennis Sheehan, longtime tour manager for U2 and 2008 Parnelli Lifetime Achievement award winner, died May 27, reportedly of cardiac arrest. He was 68. Sheehan had been in Los Angeles with U2 for a series of shows kicking off their 2015 “Innocence + Experience” Tour. U2 had opened the first of five shows at the Forum the night before.