{"id":21866,"date":"2019-06-09T23:53:44","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T06:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=21866"},"modified":"2019-06-10T00:06:14","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T07:06:14","slug":"fremont-street-experience-finishes-first-section-of-viva-vision-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/fremont-street-experience-finishes-first-section-of-viva-vision-upgrade\/","title":{"rendered":"Fremont Street Experience Finishes First Section of Viva Vision Upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas recently completed work on the first portion of a $32 million upgrade to the world’s largest video screen, Viva Vision.<\/p>\n

The renovation started May 6, 2019.<\/p>\n

The first completed section, near the Golden Gate casino, was tested on June 5, 2019.<\/p>\n

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The technical term for this visual display is “big-ass test pattern.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Viva Vision upgrade is being done in eight 150-foot sections to avoid disruption to the nightly light shows.<\/p>\n

When fully renovated, Viva Vision will be four times the resolution and up to seven times the brightness of the current screen.<\/p>\n

This is the second time the screen has gotten a facelift. It opened in December 1995, and got an LED upgrade in 2004 at a cost of $17 million.<\/p>\n

Here’s a close-up look at one of the new LED panels. The holes allow sunlight to shine through during the day.<\/p>\n

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The renovation will involve 67,456 of these bad boys.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The new Viva Vision screen will have 49,299,456 LEDs. Probably. We sure as hell don’t have time to count them. We are very busy being a smart-ass.<\/p>\n

When completed, the new screen will have 16,433,152 pixels. Ditto what we said about the counting thing.<\/p>\n

What does all this mean? Well, for the first time in the history of the attraction, Viva Vision can show content during daylight hours.<\/p>\n

Here’s some video of the daytime testing of the first section of the canopy.<\/p>\n

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