Bowling Alley & Center Lighting – LED Lights for Bowling Lanes

If the bowling alley lighting system is appealing to your customers, they will visit again frequently. In the past, majority of the bowing center will use fluorescent tube to light up the lanes with weary white lights. Nowadays, a way to stand out from the crowd is to use color-changing lights. The lighting design is not complicated and you can DIY your own colored lighting sequence and pattern. Another reason for us to replace the fluorescent, metal halide or halogen lamps with contemporary LED light is that LED is 75% energy saving and more durable. Let’s explore how can we embellish the bowling alley and bring in more customers by just lighting!

Unique Bowling Alley Lighting Design

1. Using Color-changing (RGB) Lights for Bowling Lanes

Would you like to add some stunning bowing lane lighting effects? One of the gimmicks is to apply RGB wall washer lights. It is a kind of LED lighting that can emit 16 million colors. With the proper control system, the ceiling lighting fixtures is manipulated by the software via USB DMX 512 system. We offer the colored lighting solution for the lanes!

Is it easy to use?

Some may concern about if it requires professional knowledge to control the colors. In fact, the stunning effect is produced by just a few clicks inside the software. There is a automatic mode that the system will randomly change the colors of the lights. You can also select from the 50+ built-in modes, so that you can select the best lighting design for your indoor alley.

Lights sync with music

Another stunning feature of our solution is that the color of the light sync with music beat. The principle is that the software detects and analysis the frequency of a song, and then emit different lights. For instance, the sound of “STRIKE” can trigger the special lighting effect.

What does the lighting fixture look like?

If you are interested in looking at the lights, please feel free to check out our latest video.

2. Ordinary Lighting

Apart from decorating the lanes, we should ensure that there is proper lux level (brightness) for the visitors to play the games; otherwise, they cannot locate the bowling rack and bottles easily, and thus affect the user experience. By selecting our products, you have no need to buy and install extra white lights because the above RGB color-changing lights can also produce white lights! The color of the lights can be manipulated inside the software. Our engineers will provide you with the free tutorial. Contact us for much info today.

Next, why should we use LED?

Why using LED Lights for Bowling Alley?

1. Glare Reduction on the Lanes

Dazzling lights greatly affect the user experience as the blinding, reflected lights on the floor will irritate the bowlers’ eyes. It would greatly affect their performance. To overcome it, we develop the anti-glare lighting system that suppress the unwanted lights by 60%.

There are two types of glare, namely i) direct, and ii) secondary glare.

Direct glare occurs when you are looking at the lighting fixture. Some many think that it is inevitable to avoid as light should be bright enough to light up the entire bowling area. In fact, our sports flood light series have the patented anti-glare reduction lens design that concentrates the light onto the lane, and thus greatly reduce the dazzling effect.

Secondary glare is caused by the reflective surface such as the floor. To solve it effectively, we can point the panel lights upward to the ceiling, and then use the reflective beam to light up the area. However, it is subjected to numerous limitations such as i) we need high power lighting which increases the electricity bill, and ii) it is not applicable to black ceiling as it absorbs majority of the lights.

2. Color-changing Lighting

The purpose of bowling lighting is to create a relaxing atmosphere for players. LED can generate colorful lights, which is the predominant advantages over metal halide or fluorescent tube, as these conventional light sources are very likely to produce colored wall washer effect.

Let’s explore the magic of RGB lighting.

3. Energy-saving Bowling Lights

Replacing to LED saves much energy, and thus reduces your electricity bill. For instance, 150W LED lights retrofit 400W metal halide, or 1500W incandescent bulb. For the most extreme case, we can save 80 to 90% energy on lighting. Apart from saving money, we can also reduce the carbon dioxide emission and toxic chemical disposal, as LED does not contain mercury.

If you would like to obtain the price quote and detailed lighting opinion, please feel free to contact us at email beatus@ledsmaster.com