Television coverage is a major money making venue for colleges across the country.Stadiums and arenas have been built in most major market areas for the professional baseball, basketball, football, soccer and other professional sport teams for community and national leisure and entertainment.

Lighting these venues is different than recreational and scholastic fields in that the main focus of lighting is vertical footcandles rather than horizontal. Television cameras must be able to sense light reflecting off the vertical surface of whatever is on the field of play so the images can be properly transmitted to the viewers at home.These vertical footcandles must be uniform and of sufficient level (usually in the 150+ range) so the cameras work without constant adjustment when broadcasting from one area of the field to another.Some television networks have minimum lighting standards that must be followed.

So how do you ensure proper lighting on your field? Collegiate and professional stadium and arena specifications are best left up to reputable architects and engineers who specialize in this type of design and build work. These firms are well versed in how to write the proper specification for television coverage and with the actual structural requirements of the stadium itself.

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