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Protec provided lighting, audio, and video as well as some rigging for the show in ADNEC while HQ Worldwide provided their own lighting design and the video content.
Project Manager, Simon Travis, gave us a rundown of some of the set up for lighting. He said, “Due to the openness of the venue, scaffold towers were erected around the grandstand area. For the three big ones on the open side near the road we used our total fabrications EHD truss to span across so we could hang our lights. Underneath the grandstand, five more little scaffold towers were placed so we could use our smaller truss and hang fixtures around the area.
We had four follow spots towards the backend of the arena to pick up speakers and performances. We used 16 Super Sharpies on top of the set to create a nice beam effect up top. On the floor on either side of the stage, we used 4 Super Sharpies, our new Robe Pointes, and Robe Spikies. Underneath the set, which was used as the stage entrance, we used 12 more Robe Spikies for more beam effects. Along the edges of the stage, we used a total of 56 Clay Paky K10 B-Eyes with 30 SGM P2s and 24 Robe Pointes to create some interesting effects there and to wash along the stages for the performances.”
Dan Ivanovski, Protec’s lighting engineer, added, “Under the grandstand roof and front of house towers, we used Varilite Spots. 24 Varilite Washes and 24 Clay Paky Alpha Wash 1200 illuminated grandstands and athletes seating area. 16 Clay Paky Scenius Profile rigged around the arena picked up the performance on stage as well as some key positions for speeches.”
The set-up took three days, followed by four days of rehearsals in preparation for the 2-hour ceremony on the opening night.