Among Musco’s recent achievements includes the
Estadio Tamaulipas, home to the Tampico Madero
Football Club, which has become the first professional
team in Latin America to go 100% LED by replacing
the stadium’s 120 metal halide lamps with 68 LED
luminaires – more than doubling the lighting standards
(lux) and ensuring the stadium meets new Mexican
Soccer Federation Standards.
Musco has also recently installed a new LED
lighting system at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium in
preparation for the UEFA Euro 2020 soccer
tournament (which will now be played in 2021).
Aviva Stadium director Martin Murphy is under no
illusion as to why the venue decided on LED. “As we
continue to evolve the stadium and stay at the forefront
of sports and entertainment, it was vital to install a
LIGHTING
lighting system with the most advanced technology,
capable of providing the best possible experience for
players and spectators, meet the enhanced light levels
required for a variety of sanctioning bodies, and
produce exciting new special effects and light shows.”
Using sports lighting beyond just illuminating the
pitch is what nearly all professional venues are looking
at right now.
“Traditional lights are an unstable technology,” says
Jeff Rogers. “If you turn off a metal halide light you
have to wait a good while to turn it on again.
“But with LED you can turn them on, off, and dim
them instantly. You can entertain fans at half time or
during the game, have colors moving in steps. Lighting
becomes part of the show, but the quality of the light on
the pitch always remains our focus.”
Top: Tampico Madero FC was
the first team in Latin America
to install 100% LED lighting
Above left and right: Sports
stadia are now using LED to put
on light shows during the game
“If you turn off a metal halide light you have to wait a
good while to turn it on again. With LED you can dim
them, you can entertain fans at half time or during the
game. Lighting becomes part of the show, but the quality,
of the light on the pitch always remains our focus”
Jeff Rogers, vice president, Musco Lighting
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