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Corona: Boxing event in Tulsa lit by Elation

In mid-August, a boxing ring was placed in the middle of the street in downtown Tulsa for a night of fighting action. Omni Lighting in Tulsa was called on to light the event for co-producers Matchroom Boxing and DAZN and chose to support the action using an adaptable rig of Elation lights. Holden Productions promoted the event locally.

DAZN and Matchroom placed the ring at the intersection of E. 5th Street and S. Boston Avenue in the heart of Tulsa, with no fans present and strict social distancing and medical protocols in place for the full night of action. Omni Lighting’s Jeff Olsen got his hands on some of the first Elation Artiste Mondrian moving heads available and used the 51,000-lumen strong LED luminaires to project logos onto the nearby 52-story BOK Tower skyscraper prior to and during the boxing matches.

“The throw is about 2 ½ city blocks which translates into a 1,018 foot projection distance up to the building”, says Olsen. Before and during the event, two different gobos were projected using two Mondrians, a DAZN logo onto the BOK Tower and the Matchroom logo onto another building. Other lights were also used to throw logos onto adjacent buildings.

For rousing fighter entrances on the red carpet, 24 Elation Dartz 360 LED beam/spot moving heads lined the runway, shooting beams and ballyhoo effects skyward while fog jets blared and background LED screens flashed. Adding to the energy from the upstage portion of the rooftop, and used for beauty shots for camera, were effects from Elation Rayzor 360Z LED beam moving heads with zoom.

Once the fights started however, the special effects stopped and the fixtures crossfaded onto the boxing ring in white light, working with rows of regular PAR lights diffused for an even white wash across the ring. Between rounds, the effect lighting again turned dynamic with moments of movement and effect. Additionally, Elation SixPar 200 6-color PAR lights were used to bathe the truss in warm color while in lieu of audience lighting a dozen Fuze Spots, positioned left and right of the ring, panned special effects onto downtown buildings.

Omni Lighting coordinated production of the event, supplied much of the lighting and built the rig. Omni also supplied and assembled a rooftop structure subcontracted through Oklahoma City-based production company Toucan Productions. AZ Sound Pro of Arizona also supplied lighting gear for the event and handled the lighting and sound design, as well as programming, for the building lighting and fighter entrance. The boxing ring lighting design was by Gatto Associates and Omni Lighting.

Omni Lighting was a supporter of September 1’s #WeMakeEvents #RedAlertRestart event in support of entertainment technology professionals and used the Artiste Mondrians on that event as well. While the Omni facility in Tulsa glowed red from SixPar 200 IP luminaires, lined along their loading dock were Dartz 360 fixtures as well as the two Mondrians, which projected high into the night as sky tracker effects.

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