LED Lacrosse Field Lighting
- 50%-70% energy savings with 50,000+ hour rated lifespan
- Custom photometric plans ensure proper uniformity and glare control
- UL/DLC listed fixtures with full warranty and rebate eligibility
Get Your Custom Lighting Plan With Product Recommendations
- Professionally Designed Lighting Layout
- Fixture Count & Recommendation
- Improved Energy Efficiency & Reduced Maintenance
Our LED Lacrosse Field Lighting includes pole-mounted LED sports lights with narrow and medium beam options for school, municipal, community league, and club fields. Available configurations support precise aiming from perimeter poles, with narrow optics for long throws and medium distributions for sidelines, corners, and goal areas. Lighting layouts may also incorporate shields and separate control settings for practices, games, maintenance, and partial-field operation. Listed product attributes include voltage, mounting hardware, wet-location ratings, surge protection, and UL, ETL, CSA, or DLC status where available.
Common applications for these lights include full-size competition fields, smaller practice fields, and shared athletic fields used for lacrosse, football, soccer, or field hockey. Field configurations may use poles from 50 to 80 feet for full-size community and school fields or 35 to 60 feet for smaller practice areas. These fixtures provide coverage across playing surfaces, restraining lines, sidelines, corners, goal mouths, creases, and areas behind each goal. LED lacrosse field lights are also used in retrofit projects replacing existing metal halide fixtures on established pole layouts.
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Starting At $697.50
What is LED Lacrosse Field Lighting?
LED lacrosse field lighting supports fast ball movement, high passes, goal-area visibility, player safety, and evening use for schools, municipal fields, community leagues, and clubs. A well-planned system uses sports lights, suitable pole heights, controlled optics, and aiming that limits glare from multiple directions.
Start With the Level of Play
Recreational practice fields do not need the same output as school or league competition. Establish the intended use first, then review field dimensions, pole locations, surrounding properties, and whether the surface is shared with football, soccer, or field hockey.
The Five Decisions That Shape a Lacrosse Layout
- Field size and markings: Confirm the complete playing area, restraining lines, goals, team boxes, and spectator setbacks.
- Pole height: Most full-size community and school fields work best with poles around 50 to 80 feet. Smaller practice fields may use 35 to 60 feet when glare and spill light can be controlled.
- Ball visibility: The ball moves quickly, and often above eye level, so vertical illumination matters as much as light measured on the turf.
- Glare control: Players look upward and across the field from many angles. Fixture aiming, shields, and pole setback should be reviewed from both goals and midfield.
- Shared use: A multi-use field should meet the most demanding practical requirement among lacrosse, soccer, football, and field hockey without overlighting routine practice.
Fixture and Pole Selection
LED lacrosse field lights should offer multiple beam angles and precise aiming. Narrow optics are useful for long throws from perimeter poles, while medium beams fill near sidelines, corners, and goal areas.
| Selection Item | Recommended Approach |
|---|---|
| Existing poles | Verify height, spacing, structural condition, crossarms, fixture weight, EPA, wiring, and whether current locations support the desired uniformity. |
| New poles | Keep athletic field light poles outside run-off and spectator areas, with adequate setback for aiming and maintenance access. |
| Optics | Use a planned combination of narrow and medium distributions based on throw distance. |
| Controls | Provide separate settings for practice, games, maintenance, and partial-field use where appropriate. |
| Surge protection | Review grounding and surge protection for exposed pole-mounted systems. |
Goal Areas and High-Ball Tracking
Goal mouths, creases, and the space behind each goal need consistent coverage. Dark corners or strong brightness changes can make saves, passes, and player movement harder to follow. The layout should also support visibility of high passes without placing bright fixtures directly in common upward sightlines.
Retrofit Guidance
Replacing metal halide fixtures with LED can reduce energy use and maintenance, but fixture wattage alone does not confirm performance. A photometric plan should compare the existing pole layout with the desired average, minimum, uniformity, and glare conditions.
Avoid These Selection Errors
- Choosing fixtures before confirming pole height and field dimensions
- Evaluating only average foot-candles
- Ignoring the area behind the goals and along the sidelines
- Using low poles that increase glare
- Assuming a football or soccer layout automatically works for lacrosse
Listings, Warranty, and Planning Help
Confirm UL, ETL, or CSA listing, DLC status where rebates apply, voltage, controls, optics, wet-location rating, surge protection, mounting hardware, and warranty terms before ordering.
Request a lacrosse field lighting plan for fixture counts, pole heights, aiming, uniformity, glare review, and spill-light analysis.
LED Lacrosse Field Lighting FAQs
How Should I Choose Pole Height For A Lacrosse Field?
Pole height should be selected around field size, intended level of play, glare control, and fixture aiming. Most full-size community and school fields work best with 50 to 80 foot poles, while smaller practice fields may use 35 to 60 foot poles when glare and spill light can be controlled.
Can Existing Poles Be Used For LED Lacrosse Field Lighting?
Existing poles can be used when their height, spacing, structural condition, crossarms, wiring, fixture weight, EPA, and locations support the planned lighting layout. A photometric plan can help determine whether the current pole layout can achieve the desired uniformity and glare conditions.
What Optics Are Best For Lacrosse Field Lights?
A planned mix of narrow and medium beam distributions is appropriate when throw distances vary across the field. Narrow optics help cover long throws from perimeter poles, while medium beams can fill sidelines, corners, and goal areas.
Why Is A Photometric Plan Important For Lacrosse Field Lighting?
A photometric plan helps determine fixture counts, pole heights, aiming, uniformity, glare, and spill-light conditions before equipment is ordered. It is especially useful for LED retrofits because wattage alone does not confirm average, minimum, uniformity, or glare performance.
How Should Shared Fields Be Lighted For Lacrosse And Other Sports?
A shared field layout should address the most demanding practical requirement among lacrosse, soccer, football, and field hockey without overlighting routine practice. Review field dimensions, markings, pole locations, and the intended use before selecting fixtures and controls.
What Should Be Confirmed Before Ordering Lacrosse Field Lights?
Confirm UL, ETL, or CSA listing, voltage, controls, optics, wet-location rating, surge protection, mounting hardware, and warranty terms before ordering. DLC status should also be confirmed where rebates apply.