Welcome To Santo Ileso
A Saints Row themed pop-up launch event with
game-inspired experiences for fans and media.
Introduction
Saints Row is back!Â
NRG marked the return of the cult-favorite game with live event production and pop-up activations that transported fans and the media straight to the streets of Santo Ileso.
For this award-winning multi-day event, we transformed a Las Vegas hotel into an environment straight out of the game, complete with three rooms dedicated to The Boss himself.Â
There were prizes, tattoos, blackjack and poker, cocktails and even a functioning replica of the game’s infamous food truck – The Chalupacabra!
What We Did
A Las Vegas Motel Take Over
The wildly popular Saints Row video game may have taken a hiatus, but when the bestselling franchise returned in the summer of 2022, you can bet it made up for lost time, especially in the launch.
NRG was enlisted to produce a killer multi-day preview event that captured the essence of the reboot, and drove awareness, buzz and sales. We took over the Thunderbird Boutique Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada transforming it into an interactive experience reminiscent of the game’s fictional characters and southwest city, Santo Ileso.
What We Did
Re-create Award Winning Detail
No detail was spared, even down to a real-life version of the game’s Chalupacabra food truck, a full bar experience with themed cocktails and take-home drinkware, blackjack, poker and claw machines filled with Saints Row prizes.
However, no experience would be complete without the game’s central figure: The Boss. So, we converted three hotel rooms into the ultimate Boss immersion, providing dedicated spaces for media and guests to create their own Boss, take part in a Boss-themed photo opportunity, and a tattoo room where an artist applied a design of their choosing. Like the game, the vibe was weird and wild, just how the Boss likes it.
We took home a 2023 ExAward for Best Event on a Budget ($500,000-$1,000,000) on this project!
