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A Formula 1 car in a Vegas ballroom: the activation the whole conference photographed.

FLAGSHIP ACTIVATION CRAFT: for Rubrik’s FORWARD conference, Space City Pro staged a full-size McLaren Formula 1 show car on a mirror-finish, LED-ringed plinth with a custom checkered-livery scenic wall, flanked by a branded photo moment and a racing simulator — a sponsor-floor landmark built and delivered on our own inventory.

ClientRubrik · FORWARD conference
FormatFlagship expo activation
VenueResort ballroom · Las Vegas
ScopeScenic · LED plinth · experiences
01 · Centerpiece
F1
Full-size McLaren
show car
02 · Staging
Mirror
Finish plinth, ringed
with programmable LED
03 · Scenic
Custom
Checkered-livery wall,
fabricated to fit
04 · Draw
2
Experiences: photo op
+ racing simulator
05 · Freight
Ours
Delivered on our own
LED inventory
01 · THE BRIEF

At a flagship conference, the sponsor floor is a battlefield for attention. This activation didn’t fight for it — it ended the argument.

For Rubrik’s FORWARD conference in Las Vegas, the centerpiece was a full-size McLaren Formula 1 show car, staged on a mirror-finish plinth ringed with programmable LED, against a custom checkered-livery scenic wall.

Space City Pro built the activation environment: the plinth and scenic package, the LED, and the flanking experiences — a photo moment and a racing simulator — that turned a display into a line.

Close three-quarter detail of the McLaren F1 show car against the checkered-livery scenic wall
FIG · 01The car, treated like a product hero
THE ACTIVATION
02 · THE BUILD

A show car is jewelry. The staging has to be the case, not the competition.

The mirror plinth doubled the car; the LED ring gave it motion; the scenic wall carried the partnership story in full checkered livery. Around it, the photo-op and simulator gave attendees something to do, not just see — which is what keeps a booth line moving all day.

The build traveled as a full scenic-and-LED package on our own inventory, loaded into a grand ballroom with the finish the room demanded.

Angled wide of the full F1 activation in the ornate Las Vegas ballroom
FIG · 02The activation in the room
LAS VEGAS
MOTIONThe reveal, as guests walked it
LAS VEGAS
An open Space City Pro LED road case with racked panels, the show car glowing beyond
FIG · 03Our own wall, out of our own cases
THE INVENTORY
03 · THE RESULT

The most photographed corner of the conference floor.

That’s the job of a flagship activation: give the event a landmark, give attendees a moment worth sharing, and give the brand’s partnership story a physical form. This one did all three.

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