THE BRIEF

A special edition kit is designed by Harlequins for every Big Game, and this year there was a Firework theme. This meant the brief included a focus on making the pyro element on the roof as spectacular as possible and extra budget was made available to make this happen.

THE CHALLENGE

The challenge for Big Game is always how do we do it bigger and better than last year, which always provides a challenge for us to tackle. 

In some previous events we only fired pyro from two stands, at Big Game 16 we fired from all 4 but there were still gaps in the corners, so we wanted to build on this.

THE SOLUTION

We identified new rigging locations to enable us to do a full roof wrap-around, with 32 pyro positions evenly spaced around the stadium roof of the Allianz Stadium.

We also significantly increased pyrotechnics on the pitch, with 42 positions spread across 3 sides of the pitch.

THE RESULT

86 separate SFX firing positions created a huge roof display with sweeping chases flowing seamlessly around the entire perimeter.

On the pitch we had coloured flames (Red, Green and Blue) to match the light display and Harlequins colours.

The icing on the cake was a 42 position rapid pyro chase at pitch level, loved by everyone in the stadium. Bring on next year!