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Super Bowl Halftime Show

rihanna and dancers on floating platforms
Photograph: Ryan Young
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  • stage hands pushing part of stage to center field
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  • Douglas Cook during a timed practice.
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  • Crews work on the Super Bowl halftime show stage.nbsp
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  • Tommy Rose is the staging supervisor for All Access the company behind the stage Rihanna performed on during the Super...
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  • Phil Bogle the NFL's director of game operations makes sure the players are safe overseeing everything from the padding...
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  • A timed practice of the Super Bowl halftime show.nbsp
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  • A practice for the Super Bowl halftime show.nbsp
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  • The stairs on the Super Bowl halftime show stages were designed to be tilted up for transport.nbsp
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  • The Super Bowl halftime show has to be set up and torn down in a matter of minutes.nbsp
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  • The Super Bowl halftime show's staging is designed to protect the field as much as possible.nbsp
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  • Aaron Siebert project lead from Tait Towers the company that made the platforms and manages the aerial logistics.
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  • a winch
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  • This is the counterweight on the stage that supported Rihanna.
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  • The floating stages used during the halftime show were stored up in State Farm Stadium's dome during the game.nbsp
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  • Sound equipment and workers in tunnel
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