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A pop-a-shot basketball game was another popular activity.

Guests who scored high in skeeball could win prizes from Louis of Boston.

While all the rooms were meticulously planned, none was as popular as the space that housed old-school carnival claw games. Rather than plush toys and candy, the machines held small items, like lipsticks and jewelry, in Chanel gift bags.

Carnival games along one side of the huge outdoor space awarded prizes.

A branded shuffleboard game at Harper’s Bazaar's ShopBazaar.com pop-up last week at the Buena Vista Building in Miami offered winners free T-shirts, cash prizes, and gift certificates. XA produced the space and its events.

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Drip combines live music and dancers who utilize elements such as sand, paint, and water in an up-close, sexy performance before an audience that stands for the duration of the show. The production opened in November 2012 in a new 5,100-square-foot venue on International Drive. Groups can book a private performance for 300 people. The venue is also available for concerts, art shows, and other purposes.

Companies such as Google and Disney have booked North Hollywood-based iLuminate. The performance troupe combines art and technology to create illusions and choreography in the dark for a buzzworthy effect. Dancers wear bodysuits outfitted with wirelessly controlled lights that coordinate with the dancers’ movements. Performances by iLuminate start at $6,000.

Kevin Largent of Largent Studios designed and built a long silver tunnel for the sloped driveway that leads into the upstairs space at Drive In Studios.

Dubbed "Paparazzi," the installation at the entrance of Performa's opening-night benefit put a swarm of 45 fake photographers on a red carpet.

For Fox's Super Saturday Night blowout, which took place under a tent in Central Park, producers Angel City Designs created abstract New York apartment buildings to house entertainers. Neon lights in the shape of lightbulbs helped illuminate the two towers, which held dancers as well as an airbrush artist who painted a model wearing a ball gown.