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Guests enter the party through a custom gate that salutes the corporate host.
The check-in area, which primes guests for entry into the main event space.
Guests enter the rain forest, created with netting and foliage rigged from the 40-foot ceiling of the venue--a big convention center.
How to throw a hot party? Feature a volcano!
The event features various dinosaurs, all from a major film studio.
All told, the event required 15 semis to load in decor elements.
The 1,250 guests could enjoy various spots to sit, mix and mingle.
The Rock Lounge features "rock formations," black leather couches, and an oxygen bar.
Near the dance floor, a seating area features custom fabricated wooden tables with faux-animal, alligator and snakeskin tops, wooden cross-back chairs, and centerpieces with birds of paradise and other tropical floral.
A long view of a dining area.
Professional gardeners kept floral and plants fresh during the two-day load-in.
A triceratops made from ice roams a buffet.
In light of drought conditions, the event team designed a stylized waterfall that recirculated water.
Four local nurseries were sourced to provide foliage.
The party features two dance floors--one that looked like lava and one like water.
The two dance floors are connected by a bridge--and surrounded by a "moat" accented with "fog."
