NBA Experience at Disney Springs Showcases Bent Glass Circular Staircase

The NBA Experience is a new attraction at Disney Springs, a themed retail, dining and entertainment center, which opened in August of 2019 in Orlando, Florida. Stantec - Orlando branch designed the attraction, and awarded the contract to supply and install the curved railing system for this dynamic attraction to Altamonte Glass & Mirror.

Due to the complex nature of this project and the requirement for specialist manufacturing expertise, Altamonte Glass & Mirror combined the collective strengths of VIVA Railings and Glasshape in its offer, say company officials.

To ensure the bent glass railing system was a perfect fit, Glasshape performed a field measure, which involved the digitizing and 3D CAD modelling of the as-built staircase and railing structures. This information provided the foundation for Glasshape and VIVA Railings to work together on the overall design, ensuring Glasshape's signature TemperShield ½-inch bent tempered glass fitted perfectly to VIVA’s proprietary SHOE railing system. The combination of these two products provided the ultimate solution for an attraction with a heavy flow of foot traffic and the need to provide a fall protection barrier without visual obstruction.

The installation of this combined curved glass railing system, was a collective effort performed by Altamonte Glass & Mirror and VIVA Railings.