The secret behind Memorial Stadium’s recent drone shows

  • The record-breaking attendance number at a women’s volleyball game illuminates the sky above Memorial Stadium in Lincoln on Aug. 30. Fantasy Drone Shows didn’t know the final attendance number until an hour before launch, but “luckily, programming just a number is pretty easy,” said Scott Buss, the lead designer at the company. courtesy of Don Wisnieski
    The record-breaking attendance number at a women’s volleyball game illuminates the sky above Memorial Stadium in Lincoln on Aug. 30. Fantasy Drone Shows didn’t know the final attendance number until an hour before launch, but “luckily, programming just a number is pretty easy,” said Scott Buss, the lead designer at the company. courtesy of Don Wisnieski
  • Operations manager Brian Anderson monitors a digital readout to ensure that all devices are callibrated to a GPS signal ahead of a practice show in Norfolk, Neb., Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023. Naomi Delkamiller
    Operations manager Brian Anderson monitors a digital readout to ensure that all devices are callibrated to a GPS signal ahead of a practice show in Norfolk, Neb., Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023. Naomi Delkamiller
    They knew the recordbreaking attendance number before the rest of the world. The iconic attendance Stadium on the night of Aug. 30 was the work of Fantasy Drone Shows, a Norfolk-based aer...

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