The Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas. A swimming arena is created in this glamorous glitzy venue in just one week. Just a week before, the space was equipped with all the trappings of an A lister elaborate stage performance; now it’s being turned into an indoor swimming pool. For the "International Swimming League" competition, 20 craftspersons are installing a 25 meter long, two meter deep and 20 meter wide swimming pool in seven days. 84 tons of steel and over one million liters of water. If the pool is not placed at the correct spot in the hall, it will negatively impact all the other components. The introduction of a new feature that will demand the pop-up professionals from Italy their A-game: The pool should have a transparent wall so that the audience can see the swimmers. All materials are specially made for the event and were shipped from Italy. From the two-ton acrylic wall to the six hundred metre long pump water system. Carelessness could damage the material and cause the project to fail. Because ten thousand kilometres away from the factory and without the right machines, it is almost impossible to do so. Unexpected problems with the material threaten to cause the pop-up construction to fail. Time is running out, the team called upon to do everything to get the job done. Will it withstand the pressure of 1,000,000 liters of water? Giant Pop-Up Constructions - Germany - Gigantic Pop-Up Fair: Oktoberfest: ruclips.net/video/4uCaME4YvVM/видео.html #freedocumentary
"Dave has been planning and preparing the raised floor for two months." Dave also got told 2 days ago that an entire pool shifted 3.5m to the left. Dave had a few choice words to say about that. As did the riggers, the camera crews, the lighting team, the production team, and all of the graphic designers doing ad layout.
I have been a long distance swimmer. And I have seen a lot of pools in different countries in my life. But this pop-up pool is something I have never ever seen. I never dreamt it even would be possible.
They could have put flat screens on the outside with a camera inside and just sent the image. Would have saved them a lot of work and time. At 4k 120 FPS it would be just as clear as the acrylic.
The perspective wouldn't work though. In the same way that you can't just replace a window with a big TV monitor and still have people view it correctly from many angles, this wouldn't work if you just replaced it with a camera and display.
I agree...Something of this size, I would have had a tool rental center on call for last minute needs. One phone call, and they would get it, not running around looking for it They could have used a smaller grinder to get things started, plus that wasn't an uncommon grinder that the hotel should have. They also could have cut it off with an oxy touch,,,,
Those large angle grinders will wear you out! It uses you, you don't use it 😆. I had to smooth down some welds on top of a stack over 100ft in the air at a cement plant in knoxville.
What I'm really curious about is what happened AFTER the event. All the plastic & PVC is getting torn up and thrown out in all likelihood, which is a giant waste. How long did they have to pack everything up, I assume to be shipped elsewhere? Hopefully to be used again?
right, this seems like a marvel but in all reality these workers and all this material could have built homes for the homeless. We waste so much money, resources, effort, time and energy while people are still sleeping on the street and going hungry it's sad.
The sheer speed and precision with which the Mandalay Bay Hotel transformed into an indoor swimming arena for the "International Swimming League" competition is truly astonishing. The dedication and expertise of the craftspersons in completing this challenging project within a week is commendable. Thanks to the documentary for showcasing this remarkable feat!
And on a more "professional" note, the one mistake that was made was to not erect the superstructure in Italy before shipping. For a custom-designed install such as this, it should have been unthinkable to not install everything structurally one time - excluding the plastic wall - to precisely be sure that the structure would fit. Nonetheless - they made it work - as these types of folks always do.
@@JG-sherminator In my own personal experience, I would never have such a structure delivered, without a pre-fab. Given the risks involved for timing and operation, and the fact that to just make sure all of the pieces fit together before sending them on a 5 day installation (I'm not talking about all the fittings, of course), there is no way I would allow it without a certain degree of surety that the pieces will fit. The margin of error is just too tight. Now, of course, if there were delays in the fab work which didn't permit this, then that would have to be re-evaluated.
@@jimbim4405 I guess there were probably even more dramatic deadlines than the construction. 5months of planning isnt enough for this type of project imo. They probably had to ship all the material 1month before instalation and if you take into account design, layout, static evaluation, technical drawings etc. you are left with little to no time for manufacturing those pieces. They probably just didnt have that extra week and the error came up from multiple ppl working on the wall layout ("I will do the normal walls, you do the acrylic"). The fact that they didnt probably had complete .cad model is more "interesting", you would spot this error on the first glance. btw..been there, done that - project manager for trade fair expositions, sometimes you have to learn the hard way 😂 kudos to them 👍
Projects like this amaze me. In the city I work in, they were filming a movie at a motel. In the scene they needed an outdoor pool. Instead of just renting a motel with an outdoor pool, they built a temporary below ground pool. It wasn't a real in ground pool (they didn't dig), they just elevated the ground around it. The pool was probably only 3 feet deep at most. When the film came out I watched it, and I swear the pool shot was only a few minutes long. It seemed like such an unnecessary effort. In regards to this endeavor, why do they need some great filtration system? They're only using the pool for one event. Kinda seems like overkill.
Prior to the clip, he is verifying a continuous weld by checking for gaps with a putty knife. Then the worker applies a small bead of PVC glue/sealant at the edge of the lap joint. Sometimes the edge of the PVC sheet is sharp and hard enough to cut a swimmer's foot. The workman is just rounding off the edge, not leaving a large mound of sealant. He is using a small dispenser since it would be much more difficult to get such a small, precise bead with something like a calking gun.
Does ANYONE benefit from the false sense of impending doom? Wouldn’t it be more instructional to cover the mitigation and planning around a project like this? I didn’t come here to be lied to about the end of man kind if a bolt is missing and I’m pretty sure nobody else did. I came to see a swimming pool construction, I don’t need or want the theatrics.
I love these documentaries, and as someone who is a project chief for major events myself, what the guys did here is indeed impressive, but no more-so than is happening all around the clock and all around the world. The utterly ridiculous, overly-dramatic commentary, laden with "doom" and "disaster" insults our intelligence and honestly destroys the otherwise very enjoyable documentary. Itsnice for our industry to get some recognition. But please - lay off the hyperbole!!.
Use and dispose, fast food, fast clothes, fast cars, fast swimming pools ... someone should remind the United States that planet earth and cannot be used and disposed
As someone who has been to many countries across the world… I can assure that the United States is not the problem! We have more respect for the planet than most countries do!
"There's no room for error." I'm sorry, that line was crossed when they failed to notice a .5 meter pit in the blueprints and designed everything without that in mind.
It is like we can't have the resources, because they need all of them. And then they gloat on TV oooo Im an engineer and I just erected a leaky pool oooo, yes you are soooo cool using all that desert water, but can you engineer something that will stop a drought? No? Why are you even an engineer?
@@dmitrypolovin1776 That's really not at all how engineering works, nor what it's for. Droughts are natural phenomena. You might as well sneer at engineers for not having figured out how to stop tides. As for the ill-advised nature of this particular project: yes, it's a damned travesty to use this much water for such a frivolous purpose in the middle of a goddamn desert. That decision, however, wasn't made by engineers. It was made by organizers.
Same amount of water on earth has always been the same. Now a particular region may run dry, but the water simple changes location or state. Matter can not be created or destroyed, only changes state.
Interesting, but I just had to stop watching. The endless over-dramatization is just too much. OMG if this part doesn't fit, the ENTIRE event will have to be canceled. Millions of dollars lost. End of the world.
It's not a concert where tickets are how everyone gets paid. The sports governing body foots the bill. Ticket sales just help subsidize costs. TV rights, sponsors, athlete licenses, etc, are where means to income.
Can you make an documentary for this series about the „bauma“ in Munich. It’s the largest trade fair in the world, which takes place once every 3 years, and has an incredibly huge amount of construction of buildings, bridges, stages and giant heavy construction equipment for just one final opening week. And the next one is in October 2022, but construction is starting half a year earlier. Could be very interesting for your viewers.
“The floor markings need to be installed with millimeter precision” I’m not a science Dr but I don’t think swimmers will notice floor markings being off by inches much less millimeters.
The swimmers won't notice, but if someone complains because they lost... and it turns out the markings are wrong... it can invalidate the results of an event. Basically the precision is required "Because Lawyers"
Some pop-up constructions I get, but a pool? Why not have permanent venue somewhere? Obviously some of the smartest engineers and workers in the world are doing this but it still leaves room for error not to mention if any of the support beams or acrylic fail, that arena will have severe damage probably exceeding the event revenue.
Step 1: Fire the engineering design company that put the plans together. If their measurements are off by feet and require the cutting of support members, what other little "Details" did they miss? Step 2: Get another project manager that can pivot a little bit faster than 3 hours to decide if merely cutting a corner off of a bracket to make it fit.
Couldn't they just find a swimming pool arena already built and in use instead of going though all this trouble for a couple of swimmers for a few hours.
The Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas. A swimming arena is created in this glamorous glitzy venue in just one week. Just a week before, the space was equipped with all the trappings of an A lister elaborate stage performance; now it’s being turned into an indoor swimming pool. For the "International Swimming League" competition, 20 craftspersons are installing a 25 meter long, two meter deep and 20 meter wide swimming pool in seven days. 84 tons of steel and over one million liters of water. If the pool is not placed at the correct spot in the hall, it will negatively impact all the other components.
The introduction of a new feature that will demand the pop-up professionals from Italy their A-game: The pool should have a transparent wall so that the audience can see the swimmers. All materials are specially made for the event and were shipped from Italy. From the two-ton acrylic wall to the six hundred metre long pump water system. Carelessness could damage the material and cause the project to fail. Because ten thousand kilometres away from the factory and without the right machines, it is almost impossible to do so. Unexpected problems with the material threaten to cause the pop-up construction to fail. Time is running out, the team called upon to do everything to get the job done. Will it withstand the pressure of 1,000,000 liters of water?
Giant Pop-Up Constructions - Germany - Gigantic Pop-Up Fair: Oktoberfest: ruclips.net/video/4uCaME4YvVM/видео.html
#freedocumentary
4K FTW
"Dave has been planning and preparing the raised floor for two months."
Dave also got told 2 days ago that an entire pool shifted 3.5m to the left. Dave had a few choice words to say about that.
As did the riggers, the camera crews, the lighting team, the production team, and all of the graphic designers doing ad layout.
Kinda knew that was going to happen when just before they said how important it is to lay it down right the first time lol
I have been a long distance swimmer. And I have seen a lot of pools in different countries in my life.
But this pop-up pool is something I have never ever seen. I never dreamt it even would be possible.
As I've heard anything is possible.
They could have put flat screens on the outside with a camera inside and just sent the image. Would have saved them a lot of work and time. At 4k 120 FPS it would be just as clear as the acrylic.
Cuz placing electronic equipment on the side of a pool with people in it is a good idea 🤣
The perspective wouldn't work though. In the same way that you can't just replace a window with a big TV monitor and still have people view it correctly from many angles, this wouldn't work if you just replaced it with a camera and display.
Was laughing when I heard extra large angle grinder. Cmon they should have 10 of those just in case that one of the most basic tools ever and cheap.
As long as I'm not the one using it... scary!
Gas cut off would have worked better
No kidding I was also surprised Home Depot was the 3rd stop on his hunt for the grinder 🤣
I agree...Something of this size, I would have had a tool rental center on call for last minute needs. One phone call, and they would get it, not running around looking for it They could have used a smaller grinder to get things started, plus that wasn't an uncommon grinder that the hotel should have. They also could have cut it off with an oxy touch,,,,
Those large angle grinders will wear you out! It uses you, you don't use it 😆. I had to smooth down some welds on top of a stack over 100ft in the air at a cement plant in knoxville.
You should also link a documentary about the state of water resources for the entire region.
20:55 blows a red light lmao
What I'm really curious about is what happened AFTER the event. All the plastic & PVC is getting torn up and thrown out in all likelihood, which is a giant waste. How long did they have to pack everything up, I assume to be shipped elsewhere? Hopefully to be used again?
right, this seems like a marvel but in all reality these workers and all this material could have built homes for the homeless. We waste so much money, resources, effort, time and energy while people are still sleeping on the street and going hungry it's sad.
That’s Vegas for you. Everything there is a waste, just money grabbing, excess and entertainment.
Oh man, you should never watch the teardown of a tradeshow
who knew you could find a large angle grinder at Home Depot...in Las Vegas
I don't know why they didn't just go there first. Or even USE THEIR PHONES to check who had one in stock. Neat thing called "the internet," fellas.
Lmao
They're Italian, they have to be impractical.
The Home Depot is 3 miles and a 10 minute drive from the Mandalay Bay, but way to make it dramatic.
How is there any money to be made on this event?
Half a million in ticket sales- It probably cost more than that to rent the venue for 7 days.
The only thing I can think of is all of the spinoff in food, lodging, gambling etc. Maybe some TV rights. But it does seem way over the top.
Fill the Pool with the very critically low and drying up water from Lake Mead?
Entertainment necessities.
The sheer speed and precision with which the Mandalay Bay Hotel transformed into an indoor swimming arena for the "International Swimming League" competition is truly astonishing. The dedication and expertise of the craftspersons in completing this challenging project within a week is commendable. Thanks to the documentary for showcasing this remarkable feat!
Given how much they had to remove from that column, I’d say some designer did a horrible job.
or the virtual size was screwed up in reality maybe the virtual used different measuring metrics than the company who made it in reality
Was probably the steel manufacturer who messed it up, not the CAD drawing.
Homey Depot to the rescue...
There's always something on a construction site that never fits properly. Iv never had a site be perfect without any modifications
I also bet the prefab struts are made in Mexico or china. Nothing like this is made in america anymore.
If you absolutely positively need the exact parts on time, Home Depot should always be your first stop.
If this was made for a one time event then where does the stuff go afterwards and how long does it take to dismantle?
Man, with that much PVC glue floating around no wonder they had fitment issues, guys are probably toasted on the fumes.....
next time, just purchase an INTEX Pool... :)
1 million L of fresh water in the often water restricted US west cost for some people to swim in as entertainment seems wasteful.
But great video
And I think it's a lot of work filling up my bathtub.
The trusted angle grinder takes all the credit
Me as supervisor:
Silicone each doorway, flood the stadium. Done!🏊
Add a few hammerheads for excitement and maybe a couple baby seals
@@bradleysmith9431 Yes! You're hired!
Wow what a waste of freaking water great job
Technically there is same amount of water on earth as it's always been. Matter can not be created or destroyed, it simply changes state.
Love to see the take down as well and the use of the parts after the event
@22:36 those gussets the guy just chopped off look mighty important...
Like Mark Dodd say “if you do it wrong then it adds a lot. if you do it right in the first time, it works well.”
Gotta love the manufactured “drama”.
News flash folks. They’re not curing cancer here.
Epic
The biggest feat of engineering here, engineering this much drama into basic day to day problems anyone could work through.
I like the way the Team works: everything is done time.
And on a more "professional" note, the one mistake that was made was to not erect the superstructure in Italy before shipping. For a custom-designed install such as this, it should have been unthinkable to not install everything structurally one time - excluding the plastic wall - to precisely be sure that the structure would fit. Nonetheless - they made it work - as these types of folks always do.
@@JG-sherminator In my own personal experience, I would never have such a structure delivered, without a pre-fab. Given the risks involved for timing and operation, and the fact that to just make sure all of the pieces fit together before sending them on a 5 day installation (I'm not talking about all the fittings, of course), there is no way I would allow it without a certain degree of surety that the pieces will fit. The margin of error is just too tight. Now, of course, if there were delays in the fab work which didn't permit this, then that would have to be re-evaluated.
@@jimbim4405 I guess there were probably even more dramatic deadlines than the construction.
5months of planning isnt enough for this type of project imo. They probably had to ship all the material 1month before instalation and if you take into account design, layout, static evaluation, technical drawings etc. you are left with little to no time for manufacturing those pieces.
They probably just didnt have that extra week and the error came up from multiple ppl working on the wall layout ("I will do the normal walls, you do the acrylic").
The fact that they didnt probably had complete .cad model is more "interesting", you would spot this error on the first glance.
btw..been there, done that - project manager for trade fair expositions, sometimes you have to learn the hard way 😂
kudos to them 👍
@@jimbim4405 Totally agree
Even a slight variation in level on the floor would make it not line up.
Thats what we do in construction, keep the engineers and architect from being liars.
That boss is awesome!
Projects like this amaze me. In the city I work in, they were filming a movie at a motel. In the scene they needed an outdoor pool. Instead of just renting a motel with an outdoor pool, they built a temporary below ground pool. It wasn't a real in ground pool (they didn't dig), they just elevated the ground around it. The pool was probably only 3 feet deep at most. When the film came out I watched it, and I swear the pool shot was only a few minutes long. It seemed like such an unnecessary effort.
In regards to this endeavor, why do they need some great filtration system? They're only using the pool for one event. Kinda seems like overkill.
What movie now I’m curious lmao
Filtration is required by state law and county code for any pool.
The guy at 39:38 sealing an Olympic size pool with a toothpaste tube! Gotta love Italian engineering haha
Not that bright are you?
@@MrThisIsMeToo lmao
Prior to the clip, he is verifying a continuous weld by checking for gaps with a putty knife. Then the worker applies a small bead of PVC glue/sealant at the edge of the lap joint. Sometimes the edge of the PVC sheet is sharp and hard enough to cut a swimmer's foot. The workman is just rounding off the edge, not leaving a large mound of sealant. He is using a small dispenser since it would be much more difficult to get such a small, precise bead with something like a calking gun.
Interesting thing to do and place in which to do it in the middle of a critical multi-year water shortage.
Vegas is gonna have to be dismantled at some point if anyone else in the southwest is gonna have water.
Does ANYONE benefit from the false sense of impending doom? Wouldn’t it be more instructional to cover the mitigation and planning around a project like this? I didn’t come here to be lied to about the end of man kind if a bolt is missing and I’m pretty sure nobody else did. I came to see a swimming pool construction, I don’t need or want the theatrics.
Absolutely! But this is what the producers think is necessary. 😕
I always thought we were up against incompetence in great measure here in Africa but apparently not!!!!
$10 million for one event and a bunch of wasted material.
Good job Vegas
Don’t forget all the water.
It’s Las Vegas, what do you expect. 😂
5:26 “It’s takes longer then expected” I’ve noticed he says that on all his videos lol
I love these documentaries, and as someone who is a project chief for major events myself, what the guys did here is indeed impressive, but no more-so than is happening all around the clock and all around the world. The utterly ridiculous, overly-dramatic commentary, laden with "doom" and "disaster" insults our intelligence and honestly destroys the otherwise very enjoyable documentary. Itsnice for our industry to get some recognition. But please - lay off the hyperbole!!.
Delaying the ISL Championships would directly lead to human extinction.
I agree with you 100%. This over dramatic narration pretty much ruins these.
@pariaugust I really want to see a few where they royally screw up. Like ups, that's millions gone... Let's pack up boys and find new job...
If they wanted it to be really realistic they'd need to call somebody back in Italy just to be told "Well, it fit in the shop!"
This is why you're a project chief for "major events," and not a "reality TV / documentary producer."
20:50 "The clock is ticking". But there's just enough time to film a driving away shot XD
What happened to the water when the event ended?
They added yeast, malted barley & made beer🍺🍻
@@NoNopeAndNo 😆
Use and dispose, fast food, fast clothes, fast cars, fast swimming pools ... someone should remind the United States that planet earth and cannot be used and disposed
As someone who has been to many countries across the world… I can assure that the United States is not the problem! We have more respect for the planet than most countries do!
"There's no room for error."
I'm sorry, that line was crossed when they failed to notice a .5 meter pit in the blueprints and designed everything without that in mind.
oh, we're in a drought and they needed to build this? genius!
It is like we can't have the resources, because they need all of them. And then they gloat on TV oooo Im an engineer and I just erected a leaky pool oooo, yes you are soooo cool using all that desert water, but can you engineer something that will stop a drought? No? Why are you even an engineer?
@@dmitrypolovin1776 That's really not at all how engineering works, nor what it's for. Droughts are natural phenomena. You might as well sneer at engineers for not having figured out how to stop tides.
As for the ill-advised nature of this particular project: yes, it's a damned travesty to use this much water for such a frivolous purpose in the middle of a goddamn desert. That decision, however, wasn't made by engineers. It was made by organizers.
A waste of water, in the desert no less.
Same amount of water on earth has always been the same. Now a particular region may run dry, but the water simple changes location or state. Matter can not be created or destroyed, only changes state.
I cant believe I watched this, but I enjoyed the hell out of it.
Baked Dave approved.
video was awesome! Thanks youtube for putting an ad over the last few seconds, where we could finally see the whole pool in action....smh!
All of this just to have a swimming competition in vegas. Seems absolutely wild & wasteful! However, i love watching this stuff! AHA!
I cant believe they dident use big rubber pool.liner and ading acrilic walls is nuts just way extra work
Absolutely loving these deadlines videos with these guys have to get it done in
Thats everyday construction. Lol
what? why?= do you enjoy stress?? LOL
@@RuffleCoptah cause I'm a Maori and was brought up in stressful situations 💯💯
For me, the constant reminder that there's a deadline is the thing I don't like. Just show me the process.
@@benradcliffe2717 Okey thats really weird man. Relax bro aint much worth stressing over...
Swimming finally get the recognition
Interesting, but I just had to stop watching. The endless over-dramatization is just too much. OMG if this part doesn't fit, the ENTIRE event will have to be canceled. Millions of dollars lost. End of the world.
I know. You’d think that they were curing the pandemic AIDS and cancer at the same time.
never mind the record low levels of meade and oroville lets fill a massive pool for a completion. $50.00 sheets of plywood.. honey badger dont care
So here's a thought.. have a swimming event where there is already a pool. So much of this will go in the trash.
This is truly astonishing!
Did that guy looking for the parts they need at DIY stores just run a red light?lol
Yes he did. I looked and said so we just run red lights do we...lol...
I saw that too 😂
Fancy bringing all that equipment, from Italy without an angle grinder, and someone has to go shopping in L.v. To find one ?
When you are in America we don't use Meters, We use Feet.
Hold up 10million to build 50 dollars a ticket 10,000 tickets sold equal 500,000 where’s the profit
It's not a concert where tickets are how everyone gets paid. The sports governing body foots the bill. Ticket sales just help subsidize costs. TV rights, sponsors, athlete licenses, etc, are where means to income.
Can you make an documentary for this series about the „bauma“ in Munich. It’s the largest trade fair in the world, which takes place once every 3 years, and has an incredibly huge amount of construction of buildings, bridges, stages and giant heavy construction equipment for just one final opening week. And the next one is in October 2022, but construction is starting half a year earlier.
Could be very interesting for your viewers.
Would love to that.
The only thing I am thinking of right now is how did they get rid of all that water without flooding the arena and the sewers
No one was aware of the hollow area under the arena? 🤦🏽
'We're gonna put 1.3 million kg of water on this floor, plus all of the steel etc. But we aren't concerned about how solid that floor is.'
that epic music for the drive to home depot lol classic
Amazing
ISL is just impressive
Ok but how did they get the sizes of the pieces so wrong? I'm not calling these guys when I build my pool.
Because this was their first time doing this
human error is to be expected
You also probably can't afford them
@@gidd But I can afford your mom.
@@Someone-bf8ru Your mama joke in 2021? grow up
@@gidd never gets old
That hits hard DeWALT!
im amazed by this, hope all involved was taken care of.
I love this voice-over guy, I think it's the first time I've heard him narrate one of these documentaries
I don't...listen how he says the lead guys name...lol
I find it hard to believe as much as this damned thing costed the company that built it never assembled the frame.
thats so cool :D
I am sure they had an alternative to the transparent acrylic. Probly just wouldn't have been see through
Better have some serious security this time after what happened in 2017.
Welp, somehow RUclips knew I was drinking again...Thank you algorithm for suggesting this to me.
Laying big pipe is my specialty
Like 4 4K.
77-82.5 is the acceptable range for water temp
Sara Sjöström nr1 go go power swedish supermega cool swimmer woman!
Moscow built a 14-story skyscraper with 156 apartments in 51 days.
None of this makes sense? 500k In ticket sales this job cost 10M I think they said ?
Corporate and advertising sponsorships would be my guess...
So much electricity near water.. 🥶
What a huge waste of money!!!!
“The floor markings need to be installed with millimeter precision” I’m not a science Dr but I don’t think swimmers will notice floor markings being off by inches much less millimeters.
The swimmers won't notice, but if someone complains because they lost... and it turns out the markings are wrong... it can invalidate the results of an event. Basically the precision is required "Because Lawyers"
wonder how long the tear down took.
é Power-Phull
Never saw pool equipment like this. Time to upgrade our 22,000 gallon pool. Move over Hayward and pentair. I want a massive Neptune-Benson?
Why need a water filtration system for such a few short hours of indoor use????
Did he say the tourists are leisurely riding gondolas on the Rio Grande?
I wondered about that too. But since Vegas has all manner of transplanted world landmarks, perhaps they have transplanted that river as well.
Some pop-up constructions I get, but a pool? Why not have permanent venue somewhere? Obviously some of the smartest engineers and workers in the world are doing this but it still leaves room for error not to mention if any of the support beams or acrylic fail, that arena will have severe damage probably exceeding the event revenue.
That was my thought! Are there no competition sized pools in all of Vegas? That seems surprising....
Lmao at the dramatic announcer . This is just everyday construction. Every project requiring a manager has deadlines.
Since We live in America is it possible to give Us the measurements in feet instead of meters?
I think it's a Canadian production staff, that's why it's metric.
1 meter = 3 feet. 1 kilometer= 3,000 ft. 1mile= 5,280 ft 100kph= 60mph remember this and you'll be good
Am I the only one who saw them blatantly run a red light
Step 1: Fire the engineering design company that put the plans together. If their measurements are off by feet and require the cutting of support members, what other little "Details" did they miss?
Step 2: Get another project manager that can pivot a little bit faster than 3 hours to decide if merely cutting a corner off of a bracket to make it fit.
How did they afford this project? Such an expensive event for such a small crowd!
One thing Vegas is never short of is money.
Und wie viele Fussballfaelder hat das? Lach...
Couldn't they just find a swimming pool arena already built and in use instead of going though all this trouble for a couple of swimmers for a few hours.
I'm wondering what do they do with the construction after the event. Do they reuse it somewhere else? I'm missing this part in the documentary.
Blown red light at 20:54 😅
So basically a giant above ground pool on steroids lol
behind schedule ...