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Best Baseball Field Lighting: An Ultimate Guide on Cost & Lighting Design

We supply lighting for baseball field & stadium, which is compatible to world-class tournament such as Minor & Major League Baseball (MLB). Lights are one of the indispensable parts for game play – a good flood lighting system invigorates the baseball game and enhance the performance of the players. We offer the best LED lights for baseball field that save 80% energy after replacing the metal halide, mercury, halogen or HPS lamps, from 400 watt, 1000 watt to 1500 watt. Our exclusive thermal management system help reduce the junction temperature of LED chips and thus extend the life span of the lights to 80000 hours. Our product is also suitable for outdoor sports field or indoor batting cage. In 2019, we upgrade the lighting design, so the anti-glare ability is enhanced by 30%. Despite the upgrade, the cost of baseball field lighting remains the same.

This page will introduce to you how to light up the baseball diamond, strength of our lighting products, as well as the essential tips on the ball field lighting cost.

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Requirement of Baseball Stadium Lighting

In accordance with the lighting manual for baseball diamond, there are number of standard and requirement we should follow.

1. Lux Level Required

For the standard Little League competitions, the illuminance should have at least 540 lux for infield, and 320 lux for outfield.

2. Lighting Uniformity Standard

What is uniformity? It indicates the ratio between minimum to maximum lux, or average to maximum lux inside the baseball field. The best lighting system should have as high uniformity as possible to avoid undesirable dim areas. The uniformity is 0.5 for infield, and 0.4 for outfield (Minimum to Maximum Ratio). Hence, we can see a higher standard is needed for infield.

3. Flicker-free Lighting

The maximum speed of baseball and bat is around 100 to 150 km/h. Our LED lights support 6000 Hz high-speed camera. Hence, we will never miss any critical moment.

4. CRI

According to the guidebook, the CRI of the lighting is at least 65 for baseball stadiums. Our LED lights have 80 CRI, which allows the camera to capture the “real” color.

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How Much Do Baseball Field Lighting Cost?

Before buying the new or replacing the baseball field lighting fixtures, you may wish to know the cost. In fact, if you just talk about the cost, it has several meanings. For instance, the expenses of luminaires for baseball field, the electricity (running) cost, the fees involved in installation, and more. Now we are going to introduce to you the ultimate guide on the pricing of baseball stadium lighting, and how to save money.

1. Baseball Field Lamp Cost

The price of luminaires will be vastly different, so we need to consider it in case-by-case basis. The factors determining the cost of the baseball field lights includes-

a. Country of origin

The lamp for baseball fields will be more expensive if they are manufactured in US, UK or other European countries. It is because the labor, material cost, and factory rent are higher. Most of the money you pay will eventually go to the pocket of other enterprise, instead of the stadium lights. Now the question is how to save money?

The simplest way is to find a reliable company having their production line in Asian countries. Although the manufacturing cost of ball field luminaires are lower, you can get the best cheap lights if you can find a reliable company. The baseball field lamp price difference coming from US and Asia be up to 30 to 100%. For instance, the total lamp cost of a standard baseball field is approx. $120,000 to $200,000 if you purchase from US, but the price is just around $40,000 to $90,000 in China. You can definitely reduce your project expenses and increase your profit if you follow this cost-effective way to buy lamps.

b. Type of Lighting

There are many baseball field or stadiums still using metal halide, halogen or HPS flood lights. Their cost is much lower than LED. Thus, many contractors will tend to buy these conventional lighting for baseball ground. The buyers may think that they can instantly save the cost. However, it is not completely true.

For the same power rating, halogen lumen is 10 times less than LED. It means you need 10 times more luminaires if you select halogen. For example, a single 500 watt halogen baseball stadium flood lights cost you around $40 to $80, and 500 watt LED is around $400 to $500, you will need to buy 10 x 500W halogen to produce equivalent brightness of 1 x 500W LED. The overall cost will be nearly the same. Now the question is, can you give me a strong reason to buy LED instead of halogen or metal halide?

The life span. You will need to replace the halogen or MH lights every one to two years. It is because their brightness declines quickly. You will find the baseball field becomes very dim. Then, you will need to bare extra cost on buying the new lights.

It is not the case in LED. It is because LED has overwhelming 80,000 hours life span. The brightness can be maintained in a very high level for decades. So, the maintenance cost of the baseball field lighting is negligible in long run.

c. Standard of Baseball Competition

The concept is simple. The more professional a baseball game is, the higher the lights cost of baseball field. For instance, if your high school baseball diamond is designed for training or recreational purpose, the baseball diamond lighting cost (LED) is approx. $30,000 to $60,000. On the contrary, if the ball field holds the international tournament such as Little League, Battle For The Ship or Sandacstle Baseball Tournament, the total lamp cost raises to $80,000 to $150,000.

Why the cost is higher? It is because we will need extra LED flood lights to boost the horizontal and vertical brightness for 4K & 8K TV broadcasting in such the professional baseball tournament. Aside from the lumen output, we will also need to maintain a relatively high lighting uniformity for baseball diamond. So, the lighting design is more complex, and thus the lamp cost will be higher.

Nonetheless, LedsMaster offers free lighting design for different type of ball field. Besides, our LED lights are very affordable as we have our factory in China. We did the quality control & inspection, so we always deliver the best baseball field lights. Contact us for price quote and free lighting advice today.

2. Running Cost of Baseball Field Lighting

As an electrical contractor, you may also wish to know what I can enjoy after upgrading the baseball field lights to LED. The major benefit is the reduction in running cost. So, how much does it cost to run the LED & halogen baseball field lighting?

Let’s take a 30,000W LED baseball diamond as an example. The daily running cost is $0.12 / 1000 (average electricity cost in US) x 8 hours (using time) x 30,000W = $28.8. We can quickly compare this value with halogen. If the ball field is lighted up by halogen, we will need approx. 300,000W. Thus, the running cost of baseball field due to electricity per day = $0.12 / 1000 x 8 hours x 300,000W = $288. Their difference is $259.2!

Remember, it is just the daily running cost. By switching to LED lights, you can save approx. $5,000 monthly and $60,000 annual electricity bill due to the lighting inside the stadium.

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Best LED Baseball Field Lighting Features

1. Our Baseball Field Lighting System is BRIGHT Enough

No matter it is a recreational, professional, college or even league ball fields, it is essential to install high quality and bright flood lights to provide appropriate illumination. Our LED comes with 100 to 10000 watt per light, which is more than enough to light up the entire baseball diamond. We are sports lighting supplier specializing in high power lighting.

2. Our LED Lights are Energy-saving & Long-lasting

We adopt LED lights for baseball stadium because it uses 80% less energy than metal halide lamps. Our lights have 80,000 hours as well, which is equivalent to 25+ years for 8 hours operation per day; therefore, this technology starts to gain its popularity.

It is practical & worthwhile to install LED in this type of ball fields, although the price of light is a little bit higher than MH because of the high-ended technology involved. The running cost of baseball field lights can be saved up to US$100,000 per year if you convert to our luminaries.

3. Our LED Lights Does NOT Need Warm Up Time

LED Ball Park Lighting can be turned on and off instantly, without 10-15 minutes warm up as observed in the conventional lighting. Our products are also compatible to motion sensor that enhance the security of your stadium.

4. Our LED Baseball Lights Do NOT Cause Light Pollution

It is compulsory to tackle the potential issue of light trespass as claimed by sports lighting design standard. The threshold varies according to the nature of the areas nearby the baseball stadium. For instance, the dense urban area permits 2.1 fc / 1.5 fc light trespass level while the rural, remoting area allows 0.42 fc / 0.3 fc only. Apart from the ball field, our engineers will also consider the brightness level outside the park to minimize the light pollution.

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Baseball Field Lighting Design

We offer free lighting design for all kinds of baseball park, no matter for high school, college, community, recreational or even Major League Baseball stadiums.

Step 1: Lux and Lumen Requirement

The first step is to measure the size and height of high mast pole. The power of the LED lights required inside the baseball field depends heavily on the lux requirement. For each 100 square meter, we will need 100 * 400 lux = 40000 lumens for general, recreational or practice use.

And thus, we will know the power of LED is around 40000 / 140 lm/W = 300 watt.

Step 2: Considering Energy Loss in the Design

Then, if the height of the high mast flood lighting is above 40 meters, it is necessary to add 25 to 40% wattage in order to enhance the brightness. Our lighting designers are proficient to plan & select the right luminaires for your projects.

Step 3: Select Lighting that is Waterproof & Heat-resistant

The lighting requirement is more demanding for outdoor baseball field as the LED should be water-proof and able to withstand extremely high or low ambient temperature.

heat sink system of our baseball field lighting

Then, for indoor baseball field, the heat dissipation system is vitally important for LED lights. It is because the hot air is easily trapped inside the light, and thus the luminaires are susceptible to damage. To solve this issue, we attach the long aluminum fins to the heat source (LED chips) seamless. This design channelizes the heat from the lamp body to surroundings. Besides, the is space in each row of the LED array to give better ventilation.

If you have further enquiries, please do not hesitate to drop us a message at email beatus@ledsmaster.com. We are looking forward to your message.