Remembering our roots is not only nostalgic, but inspirational to recognize how far the industry has come. Just a bit of fun from our founding fathers!
Don't forget to drop by the Losberger booth
at The MATRA Conference and
answer the question...
"What year was Losberger Founded"
to be entered
to win a
$100 American Express gift card.
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Losberger US manufactures a "Palas" Portable Theater in Montreal
Summer 2013
25m wide X 55m long X 8m wall height
(82' X 180' X 26')
Losberger
"Palas" tent structure is being well-used as a portable theater by
French-Canadian singer-songwriter-entertainer and entrepreneur Gregory Charles.
Two
locations were chosen for the debut performance in the Vintage Palas.
The first, on the Quay Jacques Cartier in the Old Port area of downtown
Montreal and the second (October) the show will open in Quebec City.
The
Palas theater boasts a full service bar area and offers comfortable
seating for more than 1,000 patrons and guests. The intimate setting is
what inspires Gregory Charles because it provides a perfect venue for
his interactive style of entertaining.
The
tent structure was designed with two interior 2nd floor mezzanines for
VIP balcony seating and back stage green room activities, accessed by
two 8' wide, 90° staircases. It features an 8' high roof parapet used as
a signage wrap around the top of the whole building, artfully branding
The Gregory Charles' Vintage Theater with black and white graphics. Half
of the 26' high walls were clad with horizontally oriented glass panels
and the other half with striking black PVC cassette hard wall. The
double membrane inflated roof covers and the gable end covers were all
fabricated using Verseidag Mills coated vinyl material, white on the
outside and black on the inside to further enhance the theater
atmosphere.
Gregory Charles originally envisioned.
Installation
and construction time, starting with unpacking nine 40' containers to
finishing laying down the last section of drop-in cassette floor: 8
days. The installation team consisted of Losberger Germany's Thomas
Ambacher - Installation Supervisor, and the installation company was
Fiesta Tents of St. Laurent, Quebec, led by Richard Castonguay with his
excellent crew of 7 skilled tent laborers.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
What's Holding you Down?
We are a week after the IFAI Tent Expo 2013 and one of the
main focuses this year was the new
ballasting study. How do you make the decision to weight your tents? The ever-escalating cost of doing business as it pertains to weighting tents often
drives business owners to make decisions towards “what they can get by with”. IFAI has spent a significant amount of
money over the years on studies about staking, and now ballasting. My question
is, how many people have or will actually use these tools to make the correct
decisions when it comes to weighting? Maybe it is the age old, "Well... I've been
doing tents for 20 years and I know what is best" or is it more a case of, “My
competition doesn’t use the correct amount of weight, so if I want to
compete, I can’t either".
Our thought on this… If you think you cannot compete because your competition is
cutting corners, We would say that your business cannot afford for you to do it
incorrectly. One accident resulting in
an injury or damage to property will cost more than taking the
time to ballast a tent correctly. A message to all of
us 'know it alls' out there... do you actually know better or have you just been lucky? If we do not
teach the next generation to perpetuate our industry in a safe and professional manner,
then we have no one to blame but ourselves. Tools
such as the ballasting study can be a valuable asset if the information is used as it is intended. Weighting tents is an on-going issue and should not be taken lightly… Get it?... lightly :)
Tell us your ballasting war stories!
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