Ricky Martin: Biggest Concert Event In NZ Ever
Saturday 14 October 2000 – Auckland Ericsson Stadium
BE
THERE…
FOR THE BIGGEST CONCERT EVENT NZ HAS EVER
SEEN
RICKY MARTIN arrives in Auckland on Friday 13th October for his only NZ concert, and what a concert it is going to be. Listed below is an insight on what requires to happen before RICKY takes centre stage at Ericsson Stadium on Saturday 14 October.
THE TIME FRAME
The
show will take 3,000 man-hours to set-up and pull down the
entire production.
THE STAGE
It will take 5
days to build the stage and the stage roof; a NZ Production
Team is preparing this.
The roof for the stage
is the largest ever-built in NZ: the size is
87 ft x
90ft and weighs 55 tonne.
RICKY MARTIN’S
production team will hang 40 tons of equipment from the
roof.
The stage is also the highest ever built
here in NZ - 22 meters off the
ground.
EQUIPMENT
12ft x 40ft Containers are
on their way to NZ from the States by sea.
A
DC10 full of equipment will come from Taiwan; RICKY’S last
Asian concert on the 11th October.
POWER
2 x
Generators for all the 110 volt equipment generator size is
650KVA (approx)
500 amp x 3 phase land power
will be used. This would be enough
power to run a small
town.
Over 10 kilometres of cable.
THE
SOUND
128 Boxes of sound equipment &
approximately 250,000 watts and a delay system of 30 speaker
boxes strategically placed around the stadium.
THE
SPECTACLE
A total of 3000 individual PYROS is
part of the show.
6 x Very Large Video
Screens.
THE ENTOURAGE
A total of 95
personnel (Band, Dancers, Production, Sound, Lighting, Video
Technicians and Management) travel with RICKY.
On arrival
they require -
150 x Radio Telephones on
site.
23 x Telephone Lines.
15 x
Mobile Phones.
CATERING
RICKY’S ENTOURAGE
require a temporary purpose-built kitchen in order to cater
for their requirements.
RICKY has asked that ALL
left over food be donated to homeless agencies in
Auckland.
THE PACK OUT
Immediately after RICKY
takes his last bow on Saturday October 14th the Production
Crew swing into action to dismantle all the equipment and
pack into 16 x 40ft Containers ready for the 6am departure
to the Airport.
A total of 80 tonnes of
equipment is required to be loaded onto
2 x 747’s to
cross the Tasman to Sydney for the start of RICKY’S
Australian Tour.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT
-
LYNN SMART TEL: (09) 378 6100 MOBILE: (025) 738 230
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nick.smart@xtra.co.nz