FEA TURE — SPOR T S
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AR CHITEC TUR AL LIGHTING
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The ever increasing demands of global HDTV for sporting events and the need for cost-effective and energy-efficient products have led to major advances in stadia and arena lighting, as feature writer, Steve Traiman, reports.
Philips Wide-Lite AE-2 units (inset) are installed at the TD Garden, home of the NBA Boston Celtics & NHL Boston
Bruins. IMAGE: PHILIPS WIDE-LITE
LIGHTING S
tadia and arena lighting is still
an art,” emphasised Iain Macrae, Head of Global Lighting Applications Management at UK-based Thorn Lighting. Macrae, who is also President of the UK-based Society
of Light & Lighting, added: “The positioning of powerful floodlights to light the pitch for HDTV cameras, for the spectator, and for those participating in the game, is still something that needs great skill and great products. That means perfecting the optical design so the flood- light gets the best from the lamp and puts the light exactly where the camera, viewer, or player needs it. “The use of higher definition cameras [for HDTV] has
led to the need for more light. Seeing every bead of sweat on a player’s brow, viewed from a portable cam- era, perhaps 30m away and focused in tight for a high- definition shot, takes a lot more than just a good camera. Add to this the increasing number of cameras at any venue, and this affects the lighting design too.” Steve Lerman, Director of Sales at US-based Lycian
Stage Lighting added: “The continuing need for ever brighter fixtures is very evident in indoor entertainment lighting. As events become more and more spectacular, fixtures such as followspots have to cut through the overhead stage lighting. And because only ‘conventional’ light sources are adequate for followspots, brighter lamps of 3,000 and 4,000 watts are now frequently used in arenas and for stadium concerts.”
20 th AN N I V ER S AR Y P AR T II/ S U M M ER 1 2 Also sharing their views on sports venue lighting
trends, technology, and products are representatives of US-based companies Payne-Sparkman Manufacturing; Strong Lighting; High End Systems (a Barco company); and Philips Wide-Lite; in addition to Philips Professional Lighting Solutions, based in The Netherlands, and BEKA (Pty) Ltd., based in South Africa.
Key Industry Trends “LED lighting is seen as the future of sports venue light- ing,” said Francois Fossey, Philips Marketing Director for Outdoor Sport Lighting. “Although LEDs have been around since the 1960’s, they had not been seen in func- tional sports lighting applications as they did not offer enough lighting levels. However, more recently, LED technology has seen significant developments that are starting to penetrate all lighting applications. The main advantages of LEDs in comparison with conventional lighting sources are their up to ten years of useful life- time and energy savings of up to 50% for our Road light- ing application.” April Ruedaflores, Marketing Manager at Philips Wide-
Lite, added: “The challenge for both venue owners and hosting cities is to maximise these new LED innovations combined with the industry experience and knowledge in sports lighting to ensure they will be used to keep up the flexibility in their multipurpose venues for many events.
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