balloons and turnbuckles

[Harold_L]

I am always intrigued by the giant turnbuckles at the Aspen Music Festival Tent. The immense covering of this tent is held in place with giant steel cables - the turnbuckles are used to tension the cables. The balloons are regular size, and give a measure of the size of the turnbuckles. Shot with a Canon S500 last Friday.

Harold

[chap]

Those are huge! That tent must be a real bear to assemble. Is this a permanent structure?

chap

[felix21685]

i would hate to be the person to make it stretch to fit those pins in there ;) lol

[Harold_L]

Thanks, Felix and Chap. The proper name is the "Benedict Music Tent" - first used in 2000, seats 2050 people, and is a permanent structure (very beautiful). I think that the tent roof is made of the same long-lived material that was used in the main terminal bulding at the Denver International Airport, but I don't know the details.

Harold