‘World’s largest LED wall’ stars at Adele pop-up stadium
The 220 x 30 metre undulating LED wall is believed to be constructed with ROE Visual panels on a Stufish-designed stage hosted by exhibition organiser Munich Messe.
Image: Mike Blackman/LinkedIn
A giant LED wall that is said to be the largest in the world has been constructed at a pop-up stadium for a series of 10 concerts by Adele.
The 220 x 30 metre undulating LED wall was installed at the Munich exhibition grounds operated by Munich Messe.
The LED panels in use are believed to be from ROE Visual while stage design was by Stufish.
The pop-up stadium, which has a capacity of 80,000, is thought to have cost $43m with expected revenue of around €500m (or $545m) from the concert series.
In a profile of Adele's pop-up stadium at Fast Company, Live Nation Germany head Marek Lieberberg, compared the stage to the Coliseum and said the use of a pop-up stadium was an experiment for the concert promoter.
Around 80% of concertgoers were expected to arrive by rail, and transit passes have been included with concert tickets, addressing sustainability concerns and limited parking at the venue.
Among those attending the first night was ISE managing director Mike Blackman. Writing on LinkedIn he said the concert, with 'the world's largest LED wall', a circular catwalk that brought Adele closer to the audience, and a light and fireworks show finale, was an example of what ISE was about.
Drone footage of the show by Munich drone operator Kilian Boedrich has also been widely shared.
AV Magazine comment: Is this the largest LED wall in the world?
With an approximate screen area of 6,600 sq metres, the temporary LED wall is undoubtedly one of the biggest, if not the biggest, in the world, certainly as a traditional LED wall installed as part of the stage design for a concert.
Permanent installations of transparent and or mesh LED have reached larger sizes.
Most notable is the Exosphere in Las Vegas - strictly speaking an LED sphere and not an LED wall - which has a screen area of approximately 54,000 sq metres.
Also notable is the 89 x 104 metre exterior LED display on the facade of Resorts World in Las Vegas, with an approximate screen area of 9,000 sq metres.
However, the Sphere was constructed with an innovative LED puck design, provided by Saco Technologies, and Resorts World uses LED mesh from Yaham LED, rather than traditional LED.