Scéno Plus Inc. is a Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

-based entertainment design firm founded in 1985. It specializes in the design of cultural and recreational venues such as multidisciplinary spaces, small creative studios, circus theatres, concert halls, large-capacity theatres, cinemas, convention centres, event centres and multipurpose halls.

History

Patrick Bergé, Scéno Plus’ cofounder and president, grew up in a theatre environment. At age of 13, he started working in a theatre and toured with artists until he was 19 years old. He decided to focus on theatre projects when he later went to architectural school. Patrick Bergé founded Scéno Plus Inc. in February 1985 and concentrated his efforts in designing aesthetic and functional theatres to enhance performer, technician and venue manager work conditions.

Realizations

Scéno Plus past realizations include among others venues like the two first permanent Cirque du Soleil

Cirque du Soleil

Cirque du Soleil , is a Canadian entertainment company, self-described as a "dramatic mix of circus arts and street entertainment." Based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and located in the inner-city area of Saint-Michel, it was founded in Baie-Saint-Paul in 1984 by two former street performers, Guy...

 theatre in Las Vegas

Las Vegas metropolitan area

The Las Vegas Valley is the heart of the Las Vegas-Paradise, NV MSA also known as the Las Vegas–Paradise–Henderson MSA which includes all of Clark County, Nevada, and is a metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada. The Valley is defined by the Las Vegas Valley landform, a ...

: the Treasure Island Showroom in Las Vegas (hosting the show “Mystère”) and the Bellagio Theatre (hosting the show “O”) as well as the Cirque du Soleil Theatre at Walt Disney World’s West Side District in Orlando. The firm also designed The Colosseum at Caesars Palace for the Celine Dion

Celine Dion

Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...

 mega production A New Day

A New Day...

A New Day... was a Las Vegas residency show performed by Céline Dion at the 4000-seat Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. It was created and directed by Franco Dragone and premiered on March 25, 2003...

 and created the Wynn Casino Showroom that hosted the show Le Rêve

Le Rêve (show)

Le Rêve was the first production show to open in the Wynn Las Vegas casino resort. It is set in a one million-gallon capacity theater and features diving and feats of strength with state-of-the-art special effects, where no seat is more than 40 feet from the stage. The production was created by...

 directed by Franco Dragone.

The firm also designed the rock concert facility The Joint

The Joint (music venue)

The Joint is a 4,000 seat showroom located inside the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Paradise, Nevada. This is a common venue for classic rock and modern rock bands in the Las Vegas metropolitan area....

 at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas and the transformable showroom called The Venue at the Horseshoe Casino located in Hammond.

Awards

Recently, Pollstar magazine selected the rock concert venue The Joint

The Joint (music venue)

The Joint is a 4,000 seat showroom located inside the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Paradise, Nevada. This is a common venue for classic rock and modern rock bands in the Las Vegas metropolitan area....

 in Las Vegas as the Best New Major Concert Venue in 2009. In 2003, the Civic trust Commendation granted the Dream Factory at the Playbox Theatre in Warwick, United Kingdom for its high design standards.. Scéno Plus also received in 2002 the Outstanding Private Building Award for The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas by the Southwest Contractor Magazine.