2019-11-13 | Engineering News-Record: Ten years after rising in stadiums across the world as the touring stage for international rock band U2 during the group’s 360 Tour from 2009 to 2011, the 165-ft-tall, four-legged stage structure formerly known as The Claw has been erected as a permanent landmark at the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium (LLPA) in Draper, Utah, about 20 miles south of Salt Lake City.
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This is such a great use of The Claw. I just read the article about ColdPlay postponing their tour until they come up with a more sustainable concert design. From the stage they perform on to the serving utensils of the venues they perform in, they want to redefine anything that negatively impacts their carbon footprint as entertainers. While ColdPlay is a large voice in this conversation about sustainable entertainment right now, it is a conversation that already existed before this band's announcement to not tour its new album just yet. In fact, The Claw was a big catalyst in this conversation ten years ago. To quote the ColdPlay article, "The ambitious 'claw' structure that U2 took on the road in 2009 required 120 trucks to shift it around. According to one environmental group, the band generated the equivalent carbon footprint of a return flight to Mars" (BBC News). Turning a structure that has a reputation for harming the environment into the structure for environmental research is a beautiful example of both reusing materials and cool architectural designs, and advancing research for sustainability far into the future.
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