The brightly lit Star Wars show last night made me sad we have lights that take 20 minutes to warm up. Went through and looked up some of the new LED installations and it sounds like they are starting to make their way to the college stadiums.
USC is the first college program I can find to get LED's. We'll see them in action when they finally play a home game. Should look pretty good. The light quality is better than the HID's that the stadiums are currently using: brighter with fewer shadows and less bleed.
http://www.musco.com/news/coliseum.html
Michigan State looks like they're going to be the 2nd to have LED's. Their system is not a retrofit but instead completely new permanent lights (since they currently wheel in temp light stands for night games). They're going to cost $2 million.
http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/...ium-get-lights-2017-football-season/85930328/
Since we already have the towers and half of our lighting is accessible via roof (vs via crane for the other half), we're probably looking at something closer to $1 million. Pays for itself after less than 5 years since they use half the power and last for 10-20 times the life.
What do you think, should we consider that as part of the next phase of stadium improvements? Maybe pair with the turf or the SEZ?
USC is the first college program I can find to get LED's. We'll see them in action when they finally play a home game. Should look pretty good. The light quality is better than the HID's that the stadiums are currently using: brighter with fewer shadows and less bleed.
http://www.musco.com/news/coliseum.html
Michigan State looks like they're going to be the 2nd to have LED's. Their system is not a retrofit but instead completely new permanent lights (since they currently wheel in temp light stands for night games). They're going to cost $2 million.
http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/...ium-get-lights-2017-football-season/85930328/
Since we already have the towers and half of our lighting is accessible via roof (vs via crane for the other half), we're probably looking at something closer to $1 million. Pays for itself after less than 5 years since they use half the power and last for 10-20 times the life.
What do you think, should we consider that as part of the next phase of stadium improvements? Maybe pair with the turf or the SEZ?
