Posts tagged with ‘Olympics’
Snow Day in L.A.: Behind the Scenes of NBC’s Winter Wonderland Activation
It was a typical “72 and sunny” kind of day in Los Angeles on Jan. 31—unless you were passing through the main courtyard at Santa Monica Place. The L.A. hot spot was transformed into a winter wonderland with real-life snow on the ground, and snow intermittently falling from the sky. But this wasn’t a freak...
No Spectators: How Four Brands Altered Their Game Plans for the Tokyo Olympics
Brands seeking to activate at the Summer Olympic Games seemed to encounter more hurdles than a 100-meter race. First, organizers delayed the games by a year in deference to the COVID-19 pandemic (yet kept the name Tokyo 2020). Then they announced a ban on nearly all spectators. The result was a literal buzz kill. Longstanding...