Tuesday, May 31, at 8 a.m. – Alix Dupoux, Associate Director, International Security and Safety, inspects the rising water levels on the River Seine.
PARIS – ESPN’s UEFA EURO 2016 production management team, led by senior coordinating producer Amy Rosenfeld, have made moves worthy of Lionel Messi in response to recent historic flooding along the River Seine.
The original downtown Paris site for ESPN’s studio set was submerged in water – seven-feet high when the water crested on Saturday, June 4, six days to kickoff.
“When the rising Seine flooded our host set compound, this team rose to the challenge,” said Rosenfeld. “Rather than spend time lamenting the loss of a location secured after a year and a half of work, the group redirected their energy to an alternate host set in four days and returning us to our original location after the flooding.
“I couldn’t be more proud of what this team has accomplished.”
ESPN’s team found a great alternate location in the Paris Television Centre near the Arc de Triomphe to start the tournament on June 10. Tuesday, June 14, 10 days after the water at River Seine crested, ESPN returned to the original studio location for the quadrennial tournament.
Follow the moves in the gallery images above.
Tuesday, May 31, at 5 p.m.: The water level on River Seine rises at a one-inch-per-hour clip and floods the river banks into the ESPN UEFA EURO 2016 production compound in Paris.
Saturday, June 4, at 10 a.m.: Here’s ESPN’s UEFA EURO 2016 production compound the morning the River Seine crested.
Wednesday, June 8: The River Seine began to recede – that made way for the ESPN crew to begin the rebuild of UEFA EURO 2016 set and compound.
Rob Bee, Director, Safety & Health, points to the high water mark – measured at nearly 7-feet high – on the front corner of the ESPN EURO 2016 production crew catering tent.
A cleaning crew mops out the mud on one of the tent floors in the host set compound.
Rob Bee (left) and Noubar Stone, senior director, Studio Lighting and Design, lift the set desk and suspend it above the expected peak of the water level.
The crew of local Paris hires begins an aggressive cleanup effort to get the compound ready for rebuilding the set.
June 16: Here’s an overhead view of ESPN’s UEFA EURO 2016 compound on the bank of River Seine in Paris.
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