Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2016 has yet again set a new
all-time high in viewership and engagement, it was the biggest eSports event in
ESL history.
The finals of the tenth Intel Extreme Masters season were seen
by more than 34 million unique viewers – a staggering 32% increase on last
year. The three-day main event itself saw 113,000 fans stream into the Spodek
arena and IEM Expo, with the finals of each Intel Extreme Masters tournament
taking place in front of 10,000 fans in the sold-out stadium.
The ESL relied on the experience of ARAM for the planning, design and technical production of
all 5 stages including giant main stage and also 11 trade fairs booths. ARAM
was responsible for the concepts and the complete technical and set designs of
all stages including rental of lighting, multimedia, scenic, audio, trussing,
rigging as well as custom made automation systems.
More than 1000 lights including Clay Paky Mythos, Sharpy and Super Sharpy has been used. Four
light LED screens and curtains has been provided in total amount of 400 square
meters, multimedia includes HDX and HDF series Barco projectors as well as FSN
live switching system.
Stages
were designed by LD Adam Tyszka
and Michal Mrzyglocki (technical
production and creative director from Aram). Technical in-house pre-production
and execution on-site has been conducted by internal Aram team that specialize
in e-sports events.
