Brooklyn Steel Establishments, Webster Hall and Terminal 5, managed by the company Bowery Presents, have been equipped with spiider Led and MegaPointe moving heads.

Robe in Terminal 5 New York (photo: Ryan Muir)

Three popular New York City live music venues, managed by Bowery Presents, they have Robe mobile equipment for their lighting equipment. This is the Brooklyn Steel, Webster Hall and, more recently, the Terminal 5 at Hell's Kitchen (Manhattan), with the capacity to 2800 people.

The lights have been specified by Luciano Savedra, Head of Lighting at Bowery Presents, which is the East Coast regional partner of AEG Live and the owner of different locations in New York and other major metropolitan centers.

In the Terminal 5, where Luciano also supervises and directs the lighting daily, the 12 MegaPoints and the 12 Spiider Led wash have contributed to the flexibility of the equipment. The lights were supplied through BML-Blackbird.

Robe in Terminal 5 New York (photo: Ryan Muir)

Brooklyn Steel, a place located in an old steel factory and named one of the ten best live music venues in America, has 16 Spiiders. For its part, Webster Hall has 10 MegaPointes and is one of the most important theaters in the city, having hosted social events and shows since its construction in 1886.

The equipment at these venues has been designed to provide touring artists with the facilities they need to deliver a complete show., although this is not exclusively the case, and productions can “mix and comb. likewise, the systems can be combined with those brought by the artists. The most important thing is to provide a simple lighting system, with a wide creative margin to encompass the wide collage of styles and genres of music.

In all three premises, Robe products provide direct backlight, plus an assortment of high-impact effects for the eyes. This manufacturer was chosen for its reliability, technical support and because they are equipment that are used in numerous tours.

Robe in Terminal 5 New York (photo: Ryan Muir)

Remote control of lights via RDM means accessory changes can be made even faster and easier to meet the needs of roaming lighting designers. The lighting of the Terminal 5 works from a console MA Lighting grandMA3.

The first Robe products Luciano worked with were the original ColorSpot flagship and the ColorWash series. 1200, and that was in 2007. “Loved those accessories. They were bright and sturdy.".


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by • 16 sep, 2020
• section: Case studies, lighting