LIGHTING IN SPORTS WORLD -Cricket-

Beside all my other hobbies I like to play cricket as well, being a cricket fan or as a part of my subject today I thought let’s enlighten you all about the lights were used in sport stadiums.Light actually plays a very significant role in sports world, as it’s a mandatory requirement for stadiums to have a proper light arrangement to allow game to be scheduled outside daylight hours. With the new invention in science & technology we have latest lighting equipments these days to plan, decorate & organize our events whether it’s a sport event, a night party or a wedding ceremony etc. Now considering my focus on outdoor lighting/lighting in sport stadiums I would like to share my knowledge about the same.

I believe all of us have seen the cricket matches or football matches held in stadium at national or international level at nights, or even some of us have joined them as well in stadium while 20-T, world cup or FIFA etc. The organizers have been using a very special type of lightings there in stadium to eliminate the darkness and that really help the players to concentrate on their goals & targets.

Generally in sport stadiums they were using High Intensity Discharge (HID) lamps i.e. Metal Halide Lamps is a kind of HID lamps, produces a very high amount of light output according to their size, by inventing a new technology our light manufacturers make them compact powerful and efficient source of light. Metal Halide is now available in various watts: 150W, 175W, 250W, 400W, 1000W, 1500W and 1650Watt. But for commercial use in stadium organizer most commonly prefer 1000W – 1650W.

These days Metal Halide HID lamps are most preferable light lamps used in stadiums and like other HID lamps metal halide also operates under high pressure & temperature. Moreover as these lamps are small in size compared to incandescent or fluorescent lamps of the same light intensity, they can also be used in residential areas for lighting outdoor, in warehouses or in industries.

This is how metal halide lights look like, but friends as I mentioned above that we can also use these lights in our residential areas also, so for such uses I recommend to use up to 150W only because this much amount of watts light is sufficient to be placed in society. Light is really a very important part of our life so use it & save it by knowing about the different form of lights for different places.