Spin Club, Minneapolis, Minnesota

The much anticipated Spin nightclub opened its doors last September in downtown Minneapolis' historic Lumber Exchange Building. The split level dance club boasts a trendy décor and large dance area with state-of-the-art Martin lighting that shines from the top of a 40-foot ceiling.

Lighting and sound system designer is Doug Suiter of Metro Sound and Lighting whose eclectic blend of color from multiple bars, large dance floor and an upstairs area make for a visually appealing venue.

Doug incorporated a large amount of Martin gear in his design, specifically above the spacious central dance floor, which gives the entire club a lively, upbeat energy. Here, overlooked by a surrounding balcony, Martin gear is mounted on a powder coated white ITT truss, a giant oval with two 20-foot curved truss arcs surrounding a 4 foot mirror ball.

Providing the color decoration is 16 CX-10 color changers with 8 MAC 250 Krypton profile spots and 8 RoboScan 918 scanners providing gobo and logo sweeps. Four Atomic Colors strobes add the explosive color punch while a 4-head Martin Magnum Club Smoke system keeps the room adequately hazed for mid air projection.

Other gear includes other automated spots and a 4-head nitrogen blast system to keep things cool. All lighting and sound gear including all of the Martin equipment was supplied by Metro Sound and Lighting.

Three bars awash in computer controlled color surround the dance floor, including LED walls behind the bars. A total of 700 feet of color changing LED is located both behind and in front of the bars and is spread around the room. LED can also be found in the VIP section including the VIP/bottle service Red Room. Every area has the ability to color change throughout the evening and the entire main room is capable of snapping colors. Color variations are many with the option of running one system or the other. The dance floor can be blacked out with only the LED light illuminating, or the LED light can be blacked out with only the dance floor lighting ablaze. Either way, the effect is striking. All lighting control comes from a PC based Martin LightJockey with touchscreen. Audio, both foreground and background, is from a high powered EV system.

Spin is equipped with multiple VIP areas, including the secluded Red Room, a crimson hideaway dressed in red velvet and soft LED lighting. Other amenities at Spin include Plasma screen TVs and a fiber optic star field with Advanced Lighting illuminators.