HOK Sport and JP Productions at the Races

Her Majesty the Queen was to open the New Grandstand and Races at The New Royal Ascot from the Winners Podium. HOK Sport approached JP Productions to produce a design and build solution for this crucial element of the new racecourse.

Set in the middle of the  parade ring the structure had to complement the modern and elegant lines of the new grandstand. A clear fabric was essential for all round viewing and demountable system, as the parade ring was to be used for theatre and opera.

JP Productions used aluminum cantilever booms set in sockets below ground, clear marine fabric and a stainless steel compression strut system to create this futuristic yet graceful tensile canopy and signage.