KATOWICE, Poland – The finals of the 10th Intel Extreme Masters (IEM) season, an electronic gaming tournament sanctioned by the Electronic Sports League (ESL), took place during the IEM Expo at Poland’s Spodek Arena March 4, 5 and 6. The tournament took place in front of 10,000 live spectatores along with 34 million unique viewers logging in from around the world. ARAM handled the planning, design and technical production of all five stages including giant main stage and also 11 trade fairs booths for the three-day event, including rental of lighting, multimedia, scenic, audio, trussing and rigging as well as custom made automation systems.
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The finals of the tenth Intel Extreme Masters season were seen by more than 34 million unique viewers – a 32 percent increase from last year. The three-day main event itself saw 113,000 fans stream into the Spodek arena and IEM Expo, with the finals of each Intel Extreme Masters tournament taking place in front of 10,000 fans in the sold-out stadium.
The ESL relied on the experience of ARAM for the planning, design and technical production of all five stages including giant main stage and also 11 trade fairs booths. ARAM was responsible for the concepts and the complete technical and set designs of all stages including rental of lighting, multimedia, scenic, audio, trussing, rigging as well as custom made automation systems.
More than 1000 lights including Clay Paky Mythos, Sharpy, Super Sharpy, Vari Lites and Robe has been used. Fourlight LED screens and curtains has been provided in total amount of 400 square meters, multimedia includes also HDX and HDF series Barco projectors as well as FSN live switching system.
Stages were designed by Adam Tyszka (light designer) and Michal Mrzyglocki (technical production and creative director from Aram). Technical in-house pre-production and execution on-site has been conducted by internal Aram team that specialize in e-sports events.
