Image 8362152964 – Uploaded by AccessWinnipeg
Dinosaurs will once again roam MTS Centre when Walking with Dinosaurs – The Arena Spectacular returns for various shows from October 8 – 12, 2014.
The show is based on the award-winning BBC Television Series. The updated production includes changes to the dinosaurs using new technology such as feathering of some of the creatures.
Ten species are of dinosaurs are showcased in the show including:
- Plateosaurus – 10 ft tall x 31 ft long
- Stegosaurus – 18.5 ft tall x 36 ft long
- Allosaurus – 14.5 ft tall x 43 ft long
- Brachiosaurus – adult 36 ft tall x 56 ft long and young 29.5 ft tall x 48 ft long
- Ornithocheirus – Wing Span 38 ft
- Ankylosaurus – 12 ft tall x 34 ft long
- Torosaurus (2) – 13 ft tall x 30 ft long
- Tyrannosaurus Rex (2) (one spare) 23 feet tall x 42 feet long
It took a team of 50 people including engineers, fabricators, skin makers, artists and painters, and animatronic experts – over a year to build the production. It takes a team of 3 people to operate 1 dinosaur.
Tickets will go on sale Thursday, April 17, 2014.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2OCVDSms48
