Breaking Apart The PBC Death Star

Photo by Suzanne Teresa.

For Haymon Boxing's Premier Boxing Champions (PBC), which debuted at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in March, production designer Bruce Rodgers of Tribe, Inc. envisioned a massive main stage, called “The Wall of Thunder,” as well as the immense scoreboard, dubbed “The Death Star,” comprising several rings, including the camera truss ring, the scoreboard and lighting grid ring, the soffit ring with the mother grid, and finally, “The Ring of Honor.” All Access Staging & Productions was responsible for all the staging structures and scenic features for the event, including The Wall of Thunder, The Death Star, custom scenic truss, mother grid, lighting truss, custom PA hangers, video support, the NBC broadcast desk, and all the structural and scenic elements that went into the athlete warm-up rooms. Check out the renderings from Tribe, Inc. below and stay tuned for the lighting plots.

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