VMworld 2008 Las Vegas Media – better late than never
October 6th, 2008 | 
Author: I know I am a little late getting these posted, but better late than never. Not all shots are the best of quality, but they still provide a good feel of my week at VMworld 2008. My photos include shots of the hotels while walking the Las Vegas strip to and from the Venetian, pics of Paris where I stayed, photos from the conference and keynotes, and shots of The Freemont Street Experience.
After the photo album is a video of the Tribute to Queen multimedia experience I caught on the world’s largest big screen on Freemont Street. The 6 minute video is an amazing display of Queen videos and images to the soundtrack of “We Will Rock You” and “We Are The Champions”.
VMworld 2008 Photos
The Freemont Street Experience – A Tribute to Queen
Thursday night after the conference was over my wife and I went to visit The Freemont Street Experience with a coworker and his wife. I’ve been to Vegas a few times, but I’d never seen “Vintage Vegas” before. After about a 20 minute car ride from our hotel Paris, we enjoyed a great dinner and a amazing multimedia experience on the world’s largest video screen. Here’s more details from the vegasexperience.com web site:
“There is always something going on at the Fremont Street Experience located in the heart of downtown Las Vegas on the historic street that started it all. The world-famous, one-of-a-kind entertainment venue is home to Viva Vision, the biggest big screen on the planet. More than 12 million lights in the Viva Vision canopy and 550,000 watts of concert quality sound pumped to speakers throughout the venue produce an incredible array of eye-popping imagery and heart pounding music. Viva Vision shows appear nightly on the hour beginning at dusk and are free and open to the public. The giant LED screen towers 90-feet above a pedestrian mall lined with unique retail shopping kiosks and two permanent performance stages. Ten legendary casinos line Fremont Street Experience with more than 60 restaurants and thousands of loose slots. Free concerts, special events, and roaming street performers entertain the nearly 17 million visitors who come to experience the vintage Vegas attraction each year.”
The following video is the Viva Vision show that we watched. I was standing at the end of the canopy, and a few times I catch the crowd in front of us which really puts the size of the screen in perspective. The canopy is roughly five blocks long. When the video appears vertical it is because I panned my camera straight up above my head. Next time you are in Vegas I highly recommend checking it out!
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