Barco supplies ‘Super Bowl’ display for All China Games in Shandong

This year’s Games, taking place from 16 to 28 October, will feature 33 sports and 360 disciplines with the majority of competition taking place in some 17 cities across Shandong.

Barco was selected as the visual solutions provider for the Games, alongside Color Lighting, a Chinese lighting production company, who are the exclusive lighting supplier for the Games. Color Lighting selected Creative Technology as their projection and video consultant and technical partner for specialist video content delivery.

For the Games’ opening ceremony, one large cylindrical display screen – a ‘Super Bowl’ – in the centre of the Olympic Sports Center Stadium was the centrepeice. The screen measured 50 meters in diameter with a total height of 26 metres, and initially appeared as an illuminated bowl. During the ceremony (which used 52 special effects), glowing peace doves descended into the stadium from its perimeter and lifted the bowl into the air. It was at this point that the bowl was revealed as a massive circular projection screen. Barco kit deployed during the opening ceremony by Color Lighting and Creative Technology included 48 XLM HD30 projectors used for projection on the stadium’ s ‘Super Bowl’ screen; with an additional 8 DML-1200 luminaires for dynamic projection.