Ovo, Cirque du Soleil Returns to the Santa Monica Pier with the Grand Chapiteau Raising Today

The first visible sign of the return of Cirque du Soleil and its live production OVO in the Los Angeles area is the raising of its trademark blue and yellow Grand Chapiteau and the Cirque du Soleil village.  The event took place this afternoon at the Santa Monica Pier where a team of 60-plus men and women hoisted more than 100 steel poles from the ground up.
 
A few technical facts about the Grand Chapiteau and the Cirque du Soleil Village:

• The Grand Chapiteau stands 66 feet high and is 167 feet in diameter.
• 550 pegs are required to hold the Grand Chapiteau firmly to the 4,800 square feet of asphalt and the 4 masts stand at 80 feet tall each.
• The Grand Chapiteau can accommodate more than 2,500 people.
• The entire site set-up includes installation of entrance, hospitality and rehearsal tents, box office, administrative offices and kitchen.
• The Grand Chapiteau, the Tapis Rouge and Artistic tents are all climate controlled with air conditioning in warm seasons or heating for colder seasons.
• OVO travels via 61 trailers carrying more than 1,000 tons of equipment for the tour.

Box office
As part of the Cirque du Soleil village, a box office is to be located inside the entrance tent through a designated Box office entrance, as of Thursday, January 19^th between 5:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.tickets for OVO may be purchased in person.  
 
Regular box office hours will be 12:00 p.m. – end of show Tuesday through Saturday; 11:00 a.m. – end of show on Sunday and will be closed on all Monday’s and the following Tuesdays: February 7th, February 28th & March 20th.
 
Performance schedule: Tuesdays through Thursdays at 8 p.m.; Fridays and Saturdays at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.; Sundays at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m.; and dark on Mondays.
**Exceptions: may apply, please visit cirquedusoleil.com/ovo for more details

Sponsors
Cirque du Soleil gratefully acknowledges iShares®, Presenting Sponsor of the US Tour of OVO as well as Infiniti, CGI, Xerox, Sun Life Financial and American Express as the Official Sponsors.

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