LED Runway & Stage Rental — Community Fashion Show, Mall at Bay Plaza

The challenge: A community fashion show at the Mall at Bay Plaza in the Bronx — featuring young models, a live DJ, hair and makeup teams, and a performance from the Bronx Dance Theater — needed a runway and stage build worthy of the production the organizers had planned, on a budget stretched thin by every other piece of the show.

What we delivered: We built the runway and staging for the event, and when the organizers found themselves short on the funds needed to bring in an LED wall as a show-stopping backdrop, we stepped in and sponsored a set of decor towers at no cost — helping the show go on exactly as planned.

A model walking the illuminated LED runway at the Mall at Bay Plaza fashion show, flanked by tall glowing decor towers and a seated audience

Working through demand: The LED wall itself was a genuine question mark for a while. It was tied up in another client's pending order, and rather than promise something we couldn't guarantee, we kept the organizers updated in real time as availability shifted. When the wall ultimately wasn't available, our sponsored decor towers stepped in as a strong alternative — the kind of on-the-fly problem-solving that comes from being upfront about what's actually possible.

The result: A full production day — model hair and makeup, volunteer check-in, a kids' runway rehearsal, and a dance performance — building to a show the organizers called "Slay the Catwalk." The event closed with the runway and stage delivered, set up, and struck without a hitch, and a client relationship that carried on well past the event itself.

Overhead view of the T-shaped LED runway layout at Mall at Bay Plaza, with illuminated decor towers framing the stage entrance and the audience seated on both sides
Wide view from the mall's upper level of the full LED runway setup, illuminated decor towers, and packed audience at the Mall at Bay Plaza fashion show
The illuminated LED runway and decor tower backdrop set up ahead of the fashion show, with guests gathering in the Mall at Bay Plaza concourse

Photos include the runway setup and the show in progress.

Job Specs

Staging
Runway and stage build, plus sponsored LED decor towers
Venue
Mall at Bay Plaza, Bronx, NY
Client
Prestige Properties & Development (Mall at Bay Plaza management)
Service
Delivery, setup, breakdown, and pickup