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Robe lighting rig for Budapest’s MVM Arena

A Robe moving light rig comprising more than 350 fixtures was specified for the new 20,000 capacity MVM Dome in Budapest, Hungary. The sports facility designed by Hungarian architect Gyorgy Skardelli is Europe’s largest handball arena and will also be used for a diversity of concerts and entertainment shows.

The Robe lights were specified by Visual Europe Group (VEG), the building’s technical management and services specialists, working in close consultation with Budapest-based AVL Trade which supplied the fixtures. The first event staged in the new venue was the 2022 European Men’s Handball Championship Final.

Most of the Robe luminaires - including 64 x Fortes (chosen due to the high trim height of the trussing mothergrid in the MVM Dome’s roof), 64 x Tarrantulas, 64 x MegaPointes, 120 x Tetra2 moving LED battens and four Forte FollowSpots together with four RoboSpot remote follow systems - will be in use in the main arena space. They were used by lighting designer Attila Lenzser for the Opening and Closing ceremonies of the Men’s EHF Euro 2022 final.

Adam Nagy, project manager for AVL Trade, explains that the package also included 32 x Robe LEDBeam 350s and 16 x Robe ProMotion moving projectors which are destined for use in other parts of the building, like the foyer spaces, conference suites and VIP lounges.

The show rig is designed to be movable and adaptable within the arena, with enough dynamic units for all incoming concerts/music shows and other performance productions, so they can use the house rig as often as possible. The lights were all delivered at the end of 2021 and installed in January 2022.

At the Opening and Closing ceremonies of the EHF Euro 2022 final, the Fortes were used for gobo’ing the entire arena floor and as the main lights; the Tarrantulas washed the audience areas plus the main arena, while the MegaPointes and Tetra2s were installed on the top trusses all around the ceiling of the arena, following its oval-shaped space. For the Opening Ceremony, some of Tetra2s were also used around the floor.

(Photos: AVL Trade/Paul Clarke/Loosplat/Louise Stickland)

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