The Cost of Lighting up a Football Field

Before knowing how much money is needed to light up a football field, you need to know the size of your football field and the sport level of the football field, so that you can roughly know how many wattage lights you need. After knowing the wattage, you will know the cost of the lights and even the related electricity bill.

When building a stadium, the most important thing an owner needs to understand before buying fixtures is the cost of lighting for the stadium. According to the brand and source of LED sports lighting fixtures, product prices cannot be unified. However, for a classic high school football field, the total cost is between $35,000 and $120,000. For a more entertaining football field, the cost is about $16,000 to $30,000.

After installing the fixtures, we will worry about the running cost of football field lights, including maintenance and electricity cost. It cannot be denied that the led lights used for stadium lighting can reach up to $ 76,000, and the cost per hour is about $ 9 to $ 20. But this is only an estimate. The specific fee needs to be combined with the type of lighting fixture, the height and number of mast poles, the size of the venue, and the specific lighting requirements of the game.

The price of a single light

Regarding the price of football stadium lights on the market, it depends on the brand (led factory) and the quality of the lights. For example, the price of 1000W LED ranges from US$400 to US$1000, and there are also top brands with prices close to US$4,000. Normally, most prices will be around $700. For 500W LED, its price is between 300-600 US dollars depending on the quality. Most prices will be around $400. For 400W LEDs, the price ranges from US$200 to US$500 depending on the quality. Most prices will be around $300. For 300W LEDs, depending on the quality, the price is between $100-$400. Most prices will be around $200. We all know that different brands of football stadium lights have different price levels. People are looking for the cheapest lights in the same quality, rather than just looking for the cheapest price. Especially for sports lights on the football field, due to the high installation height, maintenance and replacement greatly increase the difficulty and cost, so the quality requirements for the lights are also high. We must choose the most suitable one according to the budget. For more price information, please contact us.

The price of whole football field

The choice of lights determines the total cost you need pay. For a international standard football field, if used for entertainment, the total cost of lights is range from $10000 to $40000, if used for professional competition, the total cost of lights is range from $30000 to $70000, if used for TV international competitive, the total cost of football pitch floodlights is ranged from $90000 to $300,000 . For a typical high school stadium, the total cost is ranged from $40,000 to $100,000.

Electricity and operating expenses

In order to make it easier for you to understand the headache data, the following analysis will focus on the classic case of a high school stadium. Generally speaking, the electricity bill of an entire project is the easiest to calculate. The high school football stadium lights (standard size 105m x 70m) is relatively lower than professional games, it only needs about 300 to 400lux lighting requirements. Originally, the area used metal halide lamps, which required a total power of 72,000w. After replacing with IP65/IP66 LED lights, due to its better energy efficiency, only about 22,500w can provide the same Brightness to illuminate the playing field and audience seats. It is understood that the average electricity bill in the United States is $ 0.15 kW / hour. That is, the operating costs of sports lighting is about 22,500 * 0.15 / 1000 = $ 2.7 / hour (led light) and 72,000 * 0.15 / 1000 = $ 10.8 / hour (MH light). If they work 8 hours a day and 20 days a month, the daily cost is $ 21.6 and $ 86.4, and the monthly cost is $ 432 and $ 1728. If replaced with led flood lights, we could immediately save 1728-432 = $ 1296 in energy fees per month. No wonder the electrical system manager said that its operating fee is far below some people’s expectations.

Maintenance costs

Many people worry about the cost of purchasing LED stadium lighting when considering switching to LEDs, which they cannot afford. In fact, with the development of LED technology, Tachyonlight’s latest LED stadium lights use MEAN WELL drivers and OSRAM/BRIDGELUX chips. While ensuring high lumens, its service life can also reach 50,000 to 100,000 hours. Although the price of led stadium lights will be many times that of metal halide lights, in the same six years, stadium lights with high-quality performance (using the latest high-quality optical components, brightness and service life are further improved by 15%- 20%), without any maintenance cost, but the metal halide lamp needs to be repurchased and replaced every year. Even after 6 years, LED lights can still work normally. Therefore, the use of LED lights can save a lot of maintenance costs.

With those kinds of costs, it’s not surprising that most stadiums have either converted or are in the process of converting to LED lighting systems. Not only are they more energy efficient, they have longer lifespans, reduced maintenance costs, and light up faster —all for half the cost (or less) of the old metal halide bulbs. Tachyonlight aims to provide high-quality LED lamps and excellent lighting design. If you want to get free lighting design for your stadium, please contact us.