Large-Scale Event Production | International Corporate Events

Engineering the World's Biggest Stages

There is a category of event production that exists beyond the scale of standard corporate conferences. These are the productions that fill convention centers with tens of thousands of attendees across multiple days. The productions that require crews of 50 or more technicians working in coordinated shifts. The productions where a single LED wall installation weighs several tons and must be rigged from ceiling structures that were never designed for this kind of load. These are the events where FPC thrives.

Over 13+ years, FPC founder Andrew Florencia has been at the helm of some of the world's most demanding large-scale productions - including Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, one of the largest annual conferences on the planet with over 100,000 attendees, and NFL events across North America that demand broadcast-quality production standards and the highest levels of operational precision. This experience has forged a production methodology built for complexity, scale, and zero tolerance for failure.

Mobile World Congress - Barcelona

Mobile World Congress is not just a conference - it is a city-within-a-city. Held annually at the Fira Barcelona Gran Via, MWC brings together the world's leading technology companies, telecommunications giants, and mobile industry innovators for four days of keynotes, exhibitions, product demonstrations, and networking events. The production demands are staggering: dozens of stages and presentation spaces operating simultaneously, massive exhibition builds with custom LED installations, broadcast-quality content capture across multiple venues, and the logistical challenge of managing international crews, equipment, and tight build schedules within one of Europe's largest convention centers.

FPC's involvement with MWC has included the production of keynote stages, breakout presentation theaters, exhibition booth AV installations, and special event productions within the congress. Working at MWC requires a production team that can navigate the complexity of international venue regulations, European power standards, local labor requirements, and the relentless pace of a multi-day mega-event. Every day brings new challenges - from last-minute stage reconfiguration requests to equipment that must clear customs on an impossibly tight timeline. FPC has proven year after year that we can deliver at this level of complexity without compromise.

NFL Events - Broadcast-Scale Production

NFL events represent the pinnacle of broadcast-quality live production. Whether it is a corporate hospitality event during Super Bowl week, a fan experience activation, or an official league production, the NFL demands a level of technical execution that mirrors what audiences see on television. This means broadcast-grade cameras, professional video switching and routing, arena-scale audio reinforcement, stadium-quality lighting, and real-time graphics integration - all operating with the redundancy and reliability that live broadcast demands.

FPC has brought this broadcast-scale production expertise to NFL events, deploying multi-camera production rigs with professional broadcast cameras and lenses, Tricaster and Ross video switching systems, fiber-optic signal transport for zero-latency video distribution, and arena-scale line-array audio systems. The production crew includes experienced broadcast engineers, camera operators, audio engineers, and lighting designers who are accustomed to the precision and pace of live broadcast production. There is no "we'll fix it in post" in live NFL event production - every shot, every audio cue, and every lighting change must be executed perfectly in real time.

Massive LED Installations and Complex Rigging

Large-scale events demand visual environments that create impact at distances measured in hundreds of feet. This is where massive LED video wall installations become the centerpiece of the production design. FPC designs, engineers, and deploys LED installations that span 40 feet, 60 feet, or more - creating immersive visual canvases that surround the audience and fill the venue with dynamic content.

These installations are not simply a matter of stacking LED panels. Each installation requires detailed structural engineering calculations to ensure that the rigging points can safely support the weight of the LED wall, including the steel framework, cable runs, and video processing equipment. FPC works exclusively with certified riggers who calculate load ratings, verify venue structural capabilities, and install motorized hoists and aluminum box truss systems that support the installation safely. Every rigging point is inspected, every connection is verified, and every safety protocol is followed without exception.

Our LED installations have included curved LED walls that wrap around stages to create 180-degree immersive environments, LED floor installations that turn the stage surface into a dynamic visual element, overhead LED arrays that create a canopy of moving imagery, and custom-shaped LED configurations that integrate seamlessly with scenic elements and set design. Each installation is driven by redundant video processing systems - typically using Brompton or Novastar processors - that ensure seamless content playback even if a processor fails.

Broadcast-Quality Streaming at Scale

Large-scale international events increasingly require hybrid and streaming capabilities that reach audiences of 10,000, 50,000, or more remote viewers simultaneously. FPC deploys enterprise-grade streaming infrastructure that goes far beyond consumer-level solutions like simple Zoom or Teams calls. Our streaming architecture includes dedicated encoding hardware with redundant failover, multi-platform distribution to custom platforms, YouTube, LinkedIn Live, and proprietary virtual event environments, real-time graphics insertion including lower thirds, speaker names, agenda overlays, and branded elements, multi-language audio channel support for international audiences, and DVR and on-demand playback capabilities for post-event access.

The internet infrastructure underpinning these streams is equally critical. FPC deploys primary and backup internet connections - typically bonded fiber lines supplemented by dedicated 5G failover - to ensure that the stream never drops regardless of venue network conditions. Our streaming engineers monitor bandwidth, latency, and packet loss in real time throughout the event, making adjustments as needed to maintain broadcast quality. For truly mission-critical streams, we deploy secondary encoding and streaming paths that operate independently, providing a complete backup stream that can take over instantly if the primary path experiences any issues.

Cross-Border Logistics and Crew Coordination

International large-scale productions introduce logistical challenges that domestic events simply do not face. Equipment must be shipped across borders, cleared through customs, and delivered to the venue on schedules that are often measured in hours rather than days. Local labor regulations must be understood and followed. Power standards differ between countries - North American 120V 60Hz systems must be adapted for European 230V 50Hz infrastructure. Signal standards, connector types, and even health and safety regulations vary by jurisdiction.

FPC has built a network of trusted international production partners, equipment suppliers, and logistics providers that enables us to execute cross-border productions efficiently and reliably. For events like Mobile World Congress, we coordinate with local equipment rental houses in Barcelona, hire and manage local crew members who understand the venue and local regulations, arrange freight and customs clearance for any North American equipment that must travel, and navigate the venue's own rules regarding load-in schedules, noise restrictions, fire safety, and structural limitations.

Large Crew Coordination and Communication

A large-scale event production may involve 30, 50, or even 100+ crew members working across multiple spaces within the same venue. Coordinating this many people - each with specialized roles and responsibilities - requires military-grade communication infrastructure and clear chain-of-command protocols. FPC deploys multi-channel radio communication systems with dedicated channels for each department (audio, video, lighting, staging, logistics), channel discipline protocols that keep communications clear and efficient, centralized show control rooms where the production director has visibility into every space, and detailed production schedules with minute-by-minute run-of-show documents that keep every crew member aligned.

Our production management approach is built on the principle that every crew member should know exactly what they need to do, exactly when they need to do it, and exactly who to communicate with if something changes. This level of organizational discipline is what allows FPC to deliver complex, multi-day, large-crew productions with the same precision that we bring to intimate executive events. Scale does not mean compromise - it means applying the same standards to a larger canvas.