D’Coque, the National Sporting and Cultural centre, is located in Kirchberg, Luxembourg City in the south of the country.

Originally built as an Olympic swimming pool 33 years ago, with the addition of two new arenas in 2003, D’Coque is now the largest sports centre in Luxembourg.

The largest hall can hold up to 8,300 people and in addition to sporting events like international athletics, this is also used to host trade shows and concerts for major international artists. A smaller hall accommodating 2,200 sees a regular schedule of basketball, handball, gymnastics and wrestling competitions and tournaments.

The venue purchased their first Robe products in 2013 elucidated Luc Poos, one of D’Coque’s Technical Managers.

It was a decision based on the intensity of the lights and the range of colours they could produce as well as the reliability and price. With an average trim height of 12 metres in the two arenas, they needed something powerful.

The LEDWashes and MMX Spots can be moved around to anywhere in D’Coque - there are a number of other spaces including foyers and outdoor spaces also frequently utilised, adding up to the staging of around 250 events a year.

The fixtures were delivered by Robe’s Benelux distributor Controllux after receiving a demonstration from Christian Műller, Controllux’s sales partner for Luxembourg, who also provides the product and technical support.

They are impressed by the MMX Spot gobos and the fixtures’ projection capabilities, and will often fit their own custom gobos for events.  The idea is that D’Coque offers a good in-house stock of moving and generic lights available for lighting their own events and to supplement productions bringing in their own equipment.

“Overall Robe offers excellent, robust products and we are very happy with our decision,” Luc states, revealing that they are currently looking at the purchase of LEDBeam 100s for use as effects.