Chauvet lights The Venue at Thunder Valley
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Featuring shows by artists like The Eagles, Bruno Mars, Santana with Bryan Adams, The Black Crowes, and Ringo Starr, The Venue, which was built to replace the casino’s outdoor amphitheatre, offers top-flight entertainment in an engaging and supportive setting.
Contributing to the fan experience at the facility are three massive video walls made with over 550 Chauvet Professional F3X LED tiles supplied and installed by CTM Sound of Sacramento, which has worked with the casino since 2010.
CTM used 255 of the 3.9mm high-res panels to create an impressive 50ft wide centre stage video wall. The remainder of the panels (302) went in to building stage left and stage right IMAG walls, each measuring 35ft wide aby 20ft tall. Together, the trio of walls create a striking impression that fills the entire venue with excitement, bringing fans closed to the performances on stage and reflecting the mood of the music. The images shown on the walls are driven by two 10-5 Nova processors in a send/receive setup over fibre.
Their imposing presence notwithstanding, the large walls posed no special challenges for the installation team. “The tiles are built with a great feature set,” said Chris Miller, owner of CTM Sound. “The magnets that assist in the clamping together of tiles were great. The rigging latches are extremely easy to use. The IMAG walls were a direct mount; and the mounting holes through the panel frames were very simple and easy to attach with wall anchors.”
