[SBR Drew]

The entertainment district in downtown Las Vegas will use New Year’s Eve to flip the switch on its renovated centerpiece attraction, Viva Vision. The 1,500-foot long arching video display, the world’s largest, hangs above pedestrians and provides light shows daily.
It marks the first upgrade in 15 years for Viva Vision, which will celebrate its 25th anniversary next year. The cost of the project is $32 million.
In a city full of tourist attractions, the Fremont Street Experience annually attracts nearly 25 million visitors. That’s more than half of the 43 million people who visit the Las Vegas area.


The new digital screens were produced by Watchfire Signs, which is located in Danville, Ill. Last month, the last of the 59 truckloads of signs made their way to Vegas.
The company, in a press release, said it created a product based on the needs of the Fremont Street Experience that fit the site’s existing 130,000-square-foot curved canopy.
In all, the company created 1,054 subframes, with each holding 64 modules containing LED lights. Each subframe was created for a specific spot on the canopy. That required Watchfire to develop a system that delivered the pieces and arranged them in order of where they need to be installed.

[SnakesPicks]

Cool. Now if they actually allowed you to sit somewhere to watch the show, that would be even cooler.

[MaltedHopsFrenzy]

The true "Fremont Street Experience" is to have your wallet stolen while your looking up at the ceiling. Either that or get your picture taken with a smelly KISS impersonator who's wearing nothing but the makeup and a tiny banana hammock.....