Mavric Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 Quote Football stadium lighting has come a long way since rented, temporary lights attached to cranes peeked over the top of Memorial Stadium more than 30 years ago. Historical footnote: The first night game at Memorial Stadium was the 1986 opener against Florida State. Permanent lighting wasn’t until 1999, and the first game under those new lights was against Iowa State on Oct. 9, 1999. After all those years, the lighting system is changing this fall, and LED is the new standard. Nebraska will join a handful of schools relying on this technology to put a better, brighter shine on the football action on the field. The Memorial Stadium work is expected to be completed by late July. ... The $1.75 million Memorial Stadium project will replace the existing field lights. ... Musco said LED stadium lights, in general, should reduce energy consumption by as much as 70 percent. Ingram didn’t hazard an estimate on energy savings for Memorial Stadium over time because the stadium “is used so infrequently, with full lights maybe 10 times of the year.” A news release from Musco on the Michigan State project estimated a $110,000 energy savings over the next decade. The Memorial Stadium system will feature 22 new LED light fixtures on each of the eight poles around the stadium, plus a few additional lights to support the system. HOL Quote Link to comment
Toe Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 Cool, they'll have paid for themselves in energy savings sometime around the year 2177! 3 Quote Link to comment
Moiraine Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 8 minutes ago, Toe said: Cool, they'll have paid for themselves in energy savings sometime around the year 2177! Hardy har har har Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Cool....I had forgotten that I was at the first night game at Memorial Stadium. Quote Link to comment
mnhusker Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 I hope that with the sophisticated control in LED lights that we can build in some features to hinder the vision of a QB or Receiver. I mean if the MN Twins could adjust ventilation to blow base balls why not (Sarcasm) . Quote Link to comment
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