Article: Making Events Outrageous.(Brief Article)

Need custom-built elephants for your next corporate party? How about creating a beach setting indoors, complete with lifeguard towers? Or geisha girls on roller skates?

Whatever it is, San Diego-based Quantum Productions Inc. can handle it. Last year, Quantum attracted about $6 million in business from national companies seeking to stage local events with outlandish themes and unusual entertainment.

More and more companies are willing to pay for such elaborate affairs. A Fortune 100 firm referred to Quantum recently paid $207,000 for an event themed around popular TV shows of the past few decades. Others have requested table magicians, an Arabian Nights ...

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