MADRID – When the 2010 FIFA World Cup Championship team returned to Spain from South Africa last summer, a crowd of two million fans were waiting. There were speeches and a concert headlined by David Bisbal, and the players and officials were also seen on a stage equipped with 122 Vari*Lite fixtures chosen by designers David Gavilan and Mario Ortega of ASL Lighting. The LDs used 40 VL3500 Wash, 24 VLX Wash, 18 VL3500Q Spot and 40 VL3000 Spot luminaires provided by EES.
Gavilon used clear lenses with the VL3500s "to trace strong beams of light in the sky with fantastic color," used the VLX Wash fixture's "broad zoom range to cast deep rich colors across the stage" and part of the vast audience, and the VL3500Q Spot to highlight the players and officials on the stage. He also used VL3500 gobo effects during the concert.
"It was indeed an honor to be able to work on this project with the Royal Federation of Football, EES, and Vari*Lite luminaires," Gavilan said. "I love the intensity of all the fixtures, plus the capacity they have to suit the needs of every show, in terms of color range, zoom aperture and the variety of gobos is simply phenomenal.
"This event was the largest crowd I have ever seen assembled, and to know that I had a hand in helping millions of Spanish soccer fans celebrate our first-ever World Cup title, I am humbled. The design would not have been the same without the Vari*Lite fixtures, and if I had to do it all over again, I would do it exactly the same."
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