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

WHAT THIS SHOWS · 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
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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