Icing on the Castle in Florida
New for the holiday season is Castle Dream Lights. With some help from The Fairy Godmother, the Castle is transformed into a shimmering spectacle of light. The display consists of more than 200,000 LEDs, 500 strobes, 15 miles of cable, and 32,000sq-ft. of fishing net. The objective was to cover the Castle with “magical ice.” Key buzzwords that drove the design intent were “beautiful,” “graceful,” and, “elegant.”  Click the link above to read the entire article or click here to see a video. 

Radio City Music Hall
The iconic Radio City Music Hall in New York City celebrates Christmas in grand style each and every year.  American Christmas was asked to update the huge 65' tall panel tree and 6' star topper on the front of the building by replacing all the incandescent bulbs with the latest generation LED lights and adding computerized special effects.  Animated Lighting supplied the light controllers, programming and on-site expertise. 

Bardavon Opera House Marquee
The Bardavon 1869 Opera House located at 35 Market Street in Poughkeepsie, New York takes you back to vintage era when local performance venues were the dazzling centerpieces of many towns.  The owners of the theater were renovating the facility and wanted to bring it back to all of its glory, including the attention grabbing marquee in front of the building.  With the help of Animated Lighting, they returned the Bardavon to the grand showplace it once was.  Click the link above to see pictures of the installation. 

Coca-Cola Sign at Fenway Park
The World Series winning Boston Red Sox and Coca-Cola approached Triangle Sign out of Baltimore, Maryland about building an extra special Coca-Cola sign for Fenway Park.  The requirements included a 40' wide sign, use the latest generation LED bulbs and be animated so the lights looked like they were writing the letters in a slow script.  With some help from Animated Lighting, the sign ended up with 1022 individual lights controlled by 252 circuits.  Below are some details of the installation as the park prepared for opening day of the baseball season.  Click the link above to see pictures of the installation. 

Schlitterbaun's Hill Country Christmas Holiday Illuminations
They shut down their award winning water park in the fall and start preparing for Christmas.  Schlitterbaun in New Braunfels, Texas creates dazzling award winning walk-through displays bringing in people from all over Texas. See how Animated Lighting added the WOW to one of area of the park. 

Starry Nights in Memphis Light Park
A group came together wanting to re-do Starry Nights at Shelby Farms Park. First on their list was to recreate the magic using only LEDs to save on power.  Second was to replace those old PLCs with the latest generation technology.  Animated Lighting was contacted to bring life to their custom designed lighted frames and by opening night 12 Monster Brains and more than 30 ELD-16s were used along the new 1.5 mile drive through Christmas light experience.  Over a million M5 LEDs were used.

Newport on the Levee
Newport, Kentucky has an outdoor lifestyle mall on the shore of the Ohio River directly across from Cincinnati.  An eclectic mix of stores, offices and a multi-screen movie theater make the site a destination for the entire area.  The owners of the mall wanted to refresh their Christmas decorations as well as entice people to come visit form across the river in Cincinnati.  Animated Lighting worked their magic.

Hard Rock Cafe Sign
The Hard Rock Café in Las Vegas needed a new sign to go above their store on the Las Vegas strip and they knew it couldn't be anything ordinary.  They contracted with Kojis Sign of Louisiana and Kojis Sign called in Animated Lighting to add the WOW to the project.  

Destin Commons Lifestyle Shopping District
Destin Commons lifestyle shopping district in Destin, Florida decided it was time to take their tired 50 foot tall tree in the center court and update it to the latest and greatest technology.  This was no small project because it involved removing all the old incandescent lights and wiring, putting on LED based lights, rewiring the tree and adding Animated Lighting technology to make everything come alive and dance with the music. 

Pursuing Commercial Projects
Animated Lighting.has been involved with hundreds of commercial projects over the past decade. Each one is exciting and many times challenging based on a variety of factors. If you’re thinking about tackling a commercial project, We’ve pulled together some hints that should make things easier to understand and provide insight so you can be assured a successful installation and happy customer. 

Wornall Street Bridge
The Country Club Plaza in Kansas City is described as an “outdoor museum” of romantic Spanish architecture and European art where people actually live and work every day amid its beauty. Animated Lighting was tasked with designing a year-round lighting display that would be “exciting yet elegant” but also provide lighting appropriate to the event or time of year.   

Sprint Center in Kansas City
The $250 Million Sprint Center in Kansas City was built not only for world-class concerts and large conventions, but also the home to a National Basketball Association (NBA) and/or National Hockey League (NHL) franchise.  Animated Lighting played a roll in adding WOW to the facility.

University of Phoenix Stadium Audio Thermometers
The University of Phoenix Stadium (Glendale, AZ - host of the 2008 Super Bowl) and Flouresco Lighting contacted Animated Lighting to ask how they could successfully control two 190 foot high "audio thermometer" columns they were building.  It was no problem at all. 

Haunted Pumpkins at a Theme Park
A major theme park in Orlando uses Animated Lighting controllers for many special events throughout the year.  During the month of October 400+ glowing pumpkins greet visitors as they walk under a tree canopy.  Each pumpkin is controlled by an Animated Lighting DMX based product.  Read how they did it and find out a few pointers for your venue. 

Loews Hotel in Santa Monica, CA
Animated Lighting worked with award-winning light designers to bring their vision to life at the Lowes Hotel located in Santa Monica, California.  See static pictures of how the project began from a drawing on a napkin to the actual installed fixtures. 

Kauffman Stadium, Home of the Kansas City Royals
Kauffman Stadium, home of Major League Baseball's Kansas City Royals, includes several attractions outside of baseball for its younger fans, including a home run derby park, a radar gun for testing the speed of fastballs, and a miniature golf course. The final hole of the miniature golf course has proven to be one of the highlights of these activities thanks to Animated Lighting. 

The Gift of Lights - Charlotte, NC
The Lacey family and close friend Nate Mitchell decided to produce a light display as a way to collect donations for those in need during the Christmas Holidays.  The main obstacle was finding a way to slow traffic down long enough to collect donations.  Their thought; use music, animation and an FM Broadcast to get people to stop. 

Dave Jensen in Los Angeles
Dave utilized our design team to help him win first place in his local lighting contest.  Here is a quote from the local newspaper, "Perfection, it's elusive. It's just the right stoke: not too much, not too little, not overdone, not underdone.  It can take creativity, originality, the ability to do something and different: bold, balanced and effective.  Dave Jensen has achieved it". 

The Parcell Family of Geneva, IL
This display was so good, the Chicago-area FOX and ABC news stations were compelled to do feature stories on it for their prime time newscasts. 

Marcia Cook, Butler, MO
Fountains synchronized to music and a light show - they are something that you would expect to see at a large theme park or in front of a large Las Vegas resort. Marcia Cook received her inspiration from the fountains at EPCOT at Disneyworld.  Read how this inspiration resulted in a truly amazing project - at her home!  

Mike Ziemkowski of Sherman Oaks, CA
Mike Ziemkowski of Sherman Oaks, CA, has a love affair with holiday lighting that spans more than 20 years. During the holiday season, Mike used Animated Lighting products to replace his traditionally X10-based lighting system. He tells us it has taken his display to the next level with an impressive show that includes synchronized lights and music. 

Dennis Johnson of Pensacola
Dennis uses more than 50,000 lights and Animated Lighting to light the Christmas spirit around the Pensacola region each season. 

Derek Deville of Miami
Derek's "Lights on 34th Street" display topped 110,000 lights powered by Animated Lighting controllers. Lights cover the roof and front facade of his house. Also included are majestically decorated palm trees, shrubs and other landscape elements.