“Super Bowl LIV Halftime Show,” by elisfkc2, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY SA 2.0.
Rodgers said the logistical challenges meant that he often must convince artists to adjust, even scale down, their ambitions while keeping their core wishes intact.”
— NYT
The NYT profiles Bruce Rodgers, the production designer who has shaped every Super Bowl halftime stage since 2007, discussing the complexities of designing the spectacle. Massive buildable structures must be rolled out in eight minutes or less, withstanding strict weight limits, adapting to the unique architecture of each stadium, and then vanish just as quickly. The constraints of field load, time pressure, modular construction, and structural ingenuity require the design to balance creativity with engineering.
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