The newly opened The Venue at Thunder Valley Casino Resort is not only wowing people with A-list music royalty, but an innovative approach with the latest in Pro AV. While an L-Acoustics sound system powers the bands, over 300 Elation Professional lights supplied and installed by Sacramento Production & Lighting (SP&L) bring their shows to life at the $125 million, 4,500-seat entertainment venue.
Dion Cook, president/CEO at SP&L, has collaborated with the casino for the past eleven years to equip the resort’s former outdoor performance stage with lighting. For the new 150,000-square-foot indoor venue that has replaced the outdoor amphitheater, Cook specified a modern, flexible lighting package based around Elation’s Artiste series fixtures. “I wanted the horsepower to be able to integrate with any tour that comes in and the flexibility to handle softer theatrical color palette needs,” said Cook.
