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drum kits and pianos, etc., through the crowd to the satellite stage and getting this all signed off with the MGM Grand Garden Arena and the fire department. I did nineteen revisions of the table layout—really, no kidding, nineteen!—and lots of physical sample tests of the tablecloths, the chairs and floral examples. We even had Scenic Express make circular table centers that could house the champagne and wine bottles but also throw out a controllable LED light glow onto the faces of the nominees. And how do you cable seventy tables? We had to run cable all over the arena floor with LED controllers under each table and then after that, Bright Rentals came in and laid black carpet on top of all those cables, and we had to fish the ends of the cables up through holes in the carpet into the tables. Oh, and yes, that means finding rentable tables with holes in the center and renting tablecloths that we could make slits in. There's lots more to it than you would think! Designing for 360-Degrees I really wanted a 360-degree set. These arenas are so vast. Place a lovely looking set at one end and then every wide shot shows a black arena with a postage stamp set at the end, it looks dull. It's not A. ACM AWARDS STAGE WITH SATELLITE STAGE. RENDERING. B. ACM AWARDS BAND LOOK. RENDERING. C. ACM AWARDS BAND LOOK. RENDERING. D. ACM AWARDS KACEY MUSGRAVES PERFORMANCE. RENDERING. ALL RENDERS ARE SKETCHUP MODELS RENDERED IN TWINMOTION BY ANDY WALMSLEY. A B C D