March Madness Special: Lighting & Facilities for World-class Basketball Arena
US Bank Stadium and Mercedes-Benz Superdome are the state-of-the-art basketball court competition venues. How are they selected to hold the March Madness Championship 2018? The indoor facilities and such as the basketball court, seating and lighting are major constituents. In this article, we are going to compare the US Bank and Mercedes Superdome, as well as give you an idea on the basketball arena lights.
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Location
Capacity
Opening Year
Construction Expenses
USBank Stadium
Minnesota
66400 to 66900 people
2016
$1.1 billion
Mercedes-Benz Superdome
New Orleans
70000 to 77000 people
1975
$600 million
It is observed that the basketball arena lighting cost is within $60000 to $80000 (only luminaries), which is around 0.01% of total building cost. They are nonetheless the compulsory accessory inside the basketball court. A good lighting arrangement such as high lux level and shadowless illumination can help enhance the performance of the extraordinary teams such as Syracuse and Oklahoma. Who will be the next champion?
The basketball stadium lighting requirement is customized for NCAA matches. For example, a standard lux level is 800 to 1000 lux horizontal illumination, which is a very high value. If the court is for the practice, it only requires 300 to 400 lux. Moreover, to assist videos and photos shooting, the ceiling flood lamps should have no flickering because the significant periodic dimming greatly affect the picture quality. Studies also show that irritation on naked eye occurs if prolonged flickering is induced.
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Maintenance is another concern. The Superdome spends millions of dollars to maintaining the equipment such as the seat and basketball court surface. LED lighting is adopted in most of the arena because of its long life time use. The flood light nowadays works for at least 20 to 25 years, with very less lumen depreciation.
Similar to US Bank Stadium, this kind of sports arena are prone to hold different kinds of sports such as American football and Monster Jam, the LED basketball arena ceiling lighting is so versatile. A single lighting system is applied to different sport applications.
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