Kansas City Station

Kansas City, MO

This casino, sited on the banks of the Missouri River, holds some SKY ART records. At 120,000 square feet, it’s the biggest ceiling we’ve painted to date and also took the most time to produce – six months. Records for most interesting job-site were also made due to tough conditions. The SKY ART team drove 60 foot boom lifts on an uneven dirt surface containing "surprise" pits, and painted at night next to the river using brilliant lights to illuminate the 45 foot tall ceiling which was inside of an open area. We also spent much time flailing at and getting bitten by some of the millions of bugs attracted to the lights, while seeing most of the rest commit suicide in the wet paint as we sprayed, so much so that the smooth ceiling looked acoustical. Add that we watched helpless while birds, thinking it was a real sky, crashed headlong into the ceiling – and it is clear what a difficult experience it was. On the up side, a vast open design provided the opportunity for an unusually large panorama.