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Daylight Events delivers Elation Paragon-powered rig for inaugural World Fencing League event

Los Angeles-based lighting company Daylight Events recently deployed an all-Elation lighting package featuring newly acquired Paragon S luminaires for the inaugural World Fencing League (WFL) event, held April 25, 2026, at the landmark Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in LA.

For Daylight Events owner Greg Day, who purchased sixteen Paragon S fixtures in December 2025 and quickly integrated them into Daylight Events’ rental inventory, the fixture addressed a growing need for more sophisticated lighting solutions capable of serving both live audiences and broadcast cameras.

When creative agency Meridian brought Daylight Events into the WFL project, Day chose the Paragon as a foundation for the rig. Working alongside Meridian, which managed the broadcast and video content for the WFL event, Daylight supplied truss, rigging, and lighting for the broadcast production.

The Shrine Expo Hall’s expansive stage and balcony configuration required a lighting system capable of covering both competition and audience areas while meeting the demands of broadcast production. The lighting system centered around Elation fixtures exclusively, including the recently purchased Paragon fixtures alongside twelve Fuze Profile and twelve Fuze SFX luminaires. “The Elation rig lit the fencing, the whole stage, and did area lighting throughout the room”, Day explains. “We used it to create the walk-in look, ballyhoos for winners, everything.”

“Due to the broadcast and basic pro fencing standards, a CRI of 80 or more was very important”, adds Elation’s Esteban De La Torre, who programmed and operated the show. “The main focus of the Paragons was to light all the high visibility areas for the broadcast, most importantly the ‘piste’ which is the long, narrow area where the actual fencing takes place. We brought the color temperature down from its native 6,500 K to 5,600 K and was easily getting around 1,000 lux on it, which was the minimum requirement for intensity.”

The Paragon’s Ultra Dimming feature also proved effective, allowing for precise, low-level dimming control at a refresh rate of 25 kHz. “This was important because the broadcast utilized lots of slow-motion replays that required the lighting to operate at a high speed to avoid any flickering on camera”, notes De La Torre.

The Fuze Profiles were used to light other broadcast areas like entrances, walkways, and special areas outside of the piste. The Fuze SFX units were used primarily as area lighting, with breakup gobos used to light the walls, as well as for audience lighting.

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