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Stadium Lighting Design

Get Your Custom Lighting Plan With Product Recommendations

The first question when working on a project is often: How Many LED Lights Do I Need to properly light a stadium or sports field? How bright does it need to be? How can I make this a successful lighting upgrade? A sports lighting layout for sports stadiums is the ideal first step to ensure your LED lighting gives the desired foot candle level and bright, balanced light providing the best experience for players and fans. Let our experts design a lighting plan for your project. Trusted by contractors.
  • Professionally Designed Lighting Layout
  • Fixture Count & Recommendation
  • Improved Energy Efficiency & Reduced Maintenance

Dedicated Sales Support

Every lighting plan comes with a dedicated product specialist, providing personalized service and expert advice for your project needs.

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How long does it take to get a plan?

1-2 for indoor and 2-3 days for outdoor projects

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CBRE Company Logo CBRE needed high quality lighting for their customer, with stock available for ongoing projects.
Smithfield Company Logo Customer had an urgent need for high temperature lights. We had them in stock & shipped out next day.
Oakland Arena Logo Poor lighting caused parking lot safety issues for spectators. Our lighting plan & new lights resulted in an improved experience.
Armag Corporation Logo Customer needed to source large quantities of specialty fixtures for use in their manufactured products.
Tracy Electric Logo Tracy Electric was seeking a reliable source for ongoing lighting projects.
Wesco Distribution Logo Distributors partner with us to provide customers a high quality product at a reasonable price.
Dixie Electrical Supply Logo Repeat lighting supplier for an electrical contractor working in manufacturing facilities.
Florida State University Logo Permanent tent lighting for large acrobatics facility. Our lighting plan & recommendations resulted in ideal performer & spectator safety.

What is a Lighting Design for a Stadium?

A lighting design for LED stadium lights starts with understanding the needs and usage of the playing field. Different sports have different requirements.

The lighting layout takes into consideration the existing pole locations or suggests new pole locations for fields without existing poles. In the case of indoor stadium lighting design, ensuring the lighting works for all space usage is important.

The result is a lighting plan/sports lighting solution showing light levels across the playing surface, and light balance across the field. It details the lighting system used – be it sports lights or LED flood lights.

What are the Recommended Lux Levels for Stadiums?

The recommended light levels will vary by sport and competition level. Here are a few simple examples of recommended lux levels.

  • Baseball (High school): Infield 50 foot candles – 500 lux, Outfield 30 foot candles – 300 lux
  • Football (High school): 40-50 foot candles, 400-500 lux
  • Softball (High School): Infield 50 foot candles – 500 lux, Outfield 30 foot candles – 300 lux

What are the Typical Foot Candle Requirements for Stadium Lights?

The recommended light levels will vary by sport and competition level. Here are a few simple examples of recommended foot candle levels.

  • Baseball (High school): Infield 50 fc, Outfield 30 fc
  • Football (High school): 40-50 fc
  • Softball (High School): Infield 50 fc, Outfield 30 fc

How Do LED Lights Impact a Stadium Lighting Design?

LED Lights have high light intensity and high light efficiency. As lighting designers, they make our lives easy because they are an incredibly good and efficient light source and can create both symmetrical and asymmetrical light distributions.

They come in a variety of color temperatures and high-quality CRI ( Color Rendering Index) LED chips that can make the viewing of most outdoor sports events enjoyable.

Everyone knows LED lighting has low power consumption and great energy efficiency more energy saving than traditional lighting systems, but most LED Stadium Lighting is available in multiple beam angle options. This can help to decrease light pollution and increase the uniformity of the light on the field.

What are the Typical Lighting Design Standards for Stadiums?

Lighting standards are sport-specific, as well as competition-specific. For example, baseball fields have different lighting requirements for infield to outfield. These differ between middle school, high school, college, and minor league. The same holds for football stadiums. Light levels for middle school fields will be lower than light levels for college-level fields.

How Many Lumens are Required for Lighting up a Stadium?

Because there are many types of stadiums and levels of play, the lumens required is quite a large range. However, on the low end, 30 lumens per square foot is an ideal starting point up to 150 lumens per square foot.

What is the Difference Between a Lighting Design Calculator and a Lighting Plan?

Use a calculator if:

  • You are looking for a free, online tool to quickly calculate the number of fixtures you need
  • You want quick, simple, and immediate results
  • You are looking for a count of light fixtures needed based on a specific budget
  • You need a rough estimate on quantity and layout/configuration does not matter
  • There is no need to include specific light balance and shadows in your documentation

Use a lighting plan layout if:

  • You would like a professional lighting plan engineer to review your requirements
  • You need a calculated lighting plan that shows foot candle readings
  • You need to see how balanced the light levels are, and you care about reducing shadows
  • You want to show aiming angles, and light positions in scale within your indoor or outdoor area
  • You need professional assurance that the lights you buy will be the right choice

Sample Stadium Lighting Plan and Heatmap

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