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The Jersey Boys theater, and most of the restaurants, use a network-based control system.
The aesthetic goal was to keep the light sources hidden and
give the appearance that decorative fixtures are illuminating
the space. A dimming system from ETC helps balance LED and
natural light sources.
network-based in the podium area and in
many other venues of the Palazzo property —
including the Jersey Boys Theater and most
of the restaurants. The resort’s two nightclubs
— Sushi Samba and Lavo — are a hybrid of
Ethernet and DMX.
Illuminance Versus Opulence
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Many of The Palazzo’s lighting elements,
seamlessly integrated and designed to underscore
what Pope calls “the opulence of Las Vegas,”
are components that most visitors won’t
even notice. There are eleven columns in The
Palazzo casino finished in $6,800-per-square
foot Lalique crystal, backlit with Color Kinetics
LEDs. Each piece of crystal is individually
numbered and signed.
“No one notices this at all,” says Hagen.
Pope relates an anecdote about an inebriated
casino patron who smashed a piece of
the crystal with a beer bottle during an argument.
The man cooled down, apologized and
offered to pay for the damage.
“Then when they went to charge his credit
card the $8,000 to replace this one piece
of glass, he realized it was something a little
more than just a piece of glass!” said Pope.
While The Palazzo’s two-story, backlit waterfall
in the galleria is hard to miss, there are
also the casino’s four vaulted ceilings lined
with just under a mile of Color Kinetics LEDs.
“We totaled almost three miles worth of
Color Kinetics on the whole building,” Pope
says. “The ETC dimmer modules, if you were
to line them up end to end, I think were almost
about a mile long.”
But Pope says that’s the goal in architectural
lighting and controls: “You don’t want
people to notice the fact that stuff dimmed.
You just want them to notice the space and
how nice the space is.”
In the end, the years of hard work, attention
to design details and even the scramble
to meet LEED certification have all paid off.
“The amount of energy that was saved
was incredible,” says Koolbergen. “Over 10.6
million kilowatts of energy are conserved annually.
It’s enough to brew six million cups of
coffee.”
Pope says he’s heard nothing but great
reviews. “Everybody loves it. It’s nice. It’s new.
It’s clean. It’s pretty.”
“The owners are in love with the way that
the space has come out,” Koolbergen agrees.
“The ‘wow factor’ has been achieved.”
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