South Florida Sun Sentinel from Fort Lauderdale, Florida • 68

WIEIAf The 74-ton transformable video screen fuses juu uLuntt view Top of spire: 170 feet from the ground technology, engineering and sculpture. 4 1 fc Retracted screen The screen Spire outfitted with 34 moving lights, pair of mirrored disco balls Expanded screen The inverted cone-shaped screen opens during "The Unforgettable Fire" and closes during "Vertigo." SI lUHi IIVC LUI JLCI I I UUldtt The U2 360 tour brings the world's largest stadium set to Sun life Stadium on Wednesday. The stage, inspired by the Theme Building at Los Angeles International Airport, turns the audience into an undulating backdrop to the show. 1 1 1 How the screen works The wraparound screen is made up of 888 LED panels connected to an undercarriage of scissor beams. Octagon roof holds overhead lighting 170 ft.

"V' jr LED panel Scissor beam -135 ft. Circular lights add highlights during show 5 feet 7-story screen Diagonally symmetrical fabric skin covers steel trusses and shelters stage from sun and rain i JJL- 7 One pixel 10 feet U2 360 stage Los Angeles International Airport Theme Building v. Stage Speakers BUILDING THE STAGE LED panel I Scissor beams I Expanded Scissor beams expand pulling LED panels apart when screen is expanded. Assemble octagon roof and four legs on the ground. fi sounaana vh Three spotlight operators in parh Ipo fnllnuu Li- lighting gear i A I Sneakers I 1 ff i members of U2 during the performance A Llft octagon roof into air, lift legs upright, lower octagon roof, attach to legs.

A 360-dfgree CO 00 73 video screen Zdfi( Camera operator on each Retracted LED panels are flush against one another when screen Is retracted. rl leg stands on platform Install spire, attach lighting and sound equipment to 111 0 structure, raise video screen, Support legs house moving lights, strobes and spotlights i jr Stage width: Edge of stage rimmed V. 74 feet with lights Height: 82 feet Arched bridge spans audience 11 Assemble stage. Setup: 4 days Teardown: 2 days U5 Lighting platform Elliptical runway rings stage LIGHTING EFFECTS Seven lighting platforms ringing the stadium illuminate the audience as well as the fabric skin wrapping the stage. tn LEAPFROGGING STAGES The skeletons of three stages, which cost approximately $25 million each, leapfrog from city to city, allowing U2 to perform while the next show Is under construction, LU CO HT, wl tfjg, wrhftfl Mart flst(, pfmta.Hon tw Jiw IVrr, lrt, lr Sl.fn t)Vn Hfjltlf tOI I ttWB WrtWI, buseco.

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