Follow Me
to the Rec

Built for
the opening.

Johns Hopkins University opened the Ralph S. O'Connor Recreation Center in 2022. The new facility needed a grand opening that matched the scale of the building. EventPro produced the outdoor celebration on the Baltimore campus: custom scenic, audio, entertainment, and effects, from a single team.

The centerpiece was a large-format stage backdrop built on custom wall flat structures, finished with dye-sublimation printed panels in JHU's signature blue. The university's shield pattern and "Follow Me to the Rec" campaign messaging ran across the full surface. Designed to hold up in outdoor daylight and read cleanly in photographs. The kind of branded environment a milestone moment requires.

EventPro covered the full production beyond the scenic: sound reinforcement for the program and podium remarks, DJ sourcing and booking for the block party, cold spark machines flanking the stage for the ribbon-cutting, and confetti to close it out. Print, build, audio, entertainment, and effects. One team, one load-in. EventPro is based in Maryland with a production facility outside Washington DC. Grand openings and corporate events across Baltimore and the Mid-Atlantic are core to what we do.