Bigger is better, and when it comes to multiblock street canopies with computer-generated light shows, well, they just don't come bigger than the Fremont Street Experience. Now, the music and light show that has entertained millions while they clutched their football glasses of booze and cranked their necks is even more spectacular.
Seventeen million dollars later, there are now more than 12 million LED lamps in the canopy, as opposed to the previous paltry 2.1 million incandescent bulbs. (Only 2.1 million? What were people thinking?) Higher-powered, faster computers are being put to use, also, along with 180 strobes, 64 fixtures that can produce more than 300 colors, 16 7,000-watt skytrackers (we have no idea what these are but they sound damned impressive) and eight robotic mirrors. Frankly, between the computers, skytrackers and robot mirrors, we think Fremont Street is now one step away from Skynet.