Last year, for John Mayer’s Battle Studies tour stop at Hershey Park Stadium in Hershey, PA, Chaos Visual Productions provided a complex 50-by-20-foot LED video wall composed of 45 Martin LC 2140 panels with four Barco 20k projectors that shot onto a custom screen, as well as a four-HD camera system to capture and play back the concert to the audience. Just as the wall was up and ready to go, the sky turned black and a massive rainstorm and high winds literally blew in and destroyed the $1-million video wall in a matter of seconds…The call went to Chaos’ insurance carrier, Take1. Adjusters flew in and got the show back on the road, literally, replacing the damaged equipment…The entertainment business is unique enough to warrant a highly specialized insurance response. The multi-city tour, new club venue or theatrical production some are about to embark on isn’t the kind of thing you can tack on as a rider to your Allstate homeowner’s insurance.
From Dan Daley’s “The Biz” column, “The New Dynamics of Tour Insurance,” PLSN, June 2011.
