Spanish Illuminator Juanjo Beloqui in charge of the design and operation of the X Central American Games

The Spanish Illuminator Juanjo Beloqui in charge of the design and operation of the X Central American Sports Games.

The Spanish Illuminator Juanjo Beloqui, has been in charge of the design and operation of the Opening and Closing galas of the X Central American Sports Games in the National Stadium of the city of San José in Costa Rica.

With the participation of companies such as La Fura dels Baus, the French urban theatre company OFF, Paradax with Heliosphere, Kites and Paramotors, local dance and theatre companies, and thousands of volunteers, two unique events in the history of Costa Rica were created.

For these events he has used the following lighting material, being the local company RSTV the one in charge of providing it.

72 x VL3500 Wash Vari*Lite with VariBright lens

60 x VL3000 Spot Vari*Lite

48 x Sharpys Clay Paky

20 x Mac2000 Spot Profile

6 x Mac2000 Wash Lens Pc

28 x Mac301

20 x Mac101

40 x Atomic 3000 Strobe

48 x RGB LED pair

180 x Par 64 1Kw

12 x Pc 2Kw

100 x Grace Lighting Beam300

Control systems:

Grand MA2 Full Size

GrandMA2 Ultralite

2 x NPU GrandMA

2 x Wireless DMX systems

HAzer machines by Le Maitre and MDG

Follow Spots:

6 x 2500 Lycian

4 x 1800 Lycian

4 x 400 Lycian.

This material was obtained between Costa Rica, Panama and Puerto Rico, making the coordination for the assembly and execution of the two events quite complicated. For which the performance of Technical Director Daniel Diaz was crucial.

Being a live event for the nearly 30,000 attendees at the national stadium, it was also necessary to take into account the television production, broadcasting live to the entire continent and streaming around the world, without losing the theatrical character that the directors wanted to maintain.

The Games closed with a concert by Colombian Carlos Vives in the stadium.