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Sports Field and Court Lighting

LED lighting packages for tennis, pickleball, basketball, volleyball, baseball, horse arenas and putting greens, with photometric design on request.

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Lighting a court or field is a different problem from lighting a parking lot. The playing surface needs even light at a specified level, the ball has to stay visible against the sky, and the light has to stay on the field rather than in a neighbor’s window. Browse the range below, or read on for help choosing.

Browse All Athletic and Sports Field Lighting

Angle Iron Cross Arms (Steel Poles)

Pre-drilled angle iron cross arms for round tapered metal poles. Each arm supports up to five sportslighters.

Angle Iron Cross Arms (Wood Poles)

Angle iron cross arms for wood poles at horse arenas and sports fields. Each arm holds up to five sportslighters.

Baseball & Softball Field Lighting

Pre-designed baseball and softball field lighting packages with heavy duty fixtures and mounting brackets.

Basketball Court Lighting

Half court and full court LED lighting systems that give outdoor recreational courts smooth, even light.

Bocce Ball Lighting

Lighting for bocce ball courts, so the game can keep going after dark.

Horse Arena Lighting

High intensity horse arena lighting for professional or backyard arenas of any size.

LED Sportlighter

The DTH-SPRT-600W stadium sport light pairs Lumileds LED chips with a premium Sosen 100-277V driver.

Multi-Purpose Sports Pole

A 17.5 foot, two piece square steel sports pole with a hinge mechanism and a hand hole near the base.

Pickleball Court Lighting

LED pickleball court lighting systems sized for a standard 35 by 70 foot court pad.

Putting Green Lights

Putting green lights for nighttime golf practice, from commercial driving ranges to residential greens.

Tennis Court Lighting

All-inclusive LED tennis court lighting packages for residential and commercial courts.

Volleyball Court Lighting

Pre-designed LED lighting systems that give outdoor volleyball courts efficient, even light.

How Much Light Does a Court or Field Need?

Sports lighting is specified in foot-candles measured on the playing surface, and the target changes with the level of play. Recreational and residential courts sit at the low end. Competitive and tournament play needs more, and broadcast more again.
Uniformity matters as much as the average level. A court lit brightly in the middle and dimly at the baselines plays worse than one lit evenly at a lower level, because players track a fast-moving ball across the whole surface and the eye cannot adapt quickly enough between zones.

What Mounting Height Should the Poles Be?

Pole height is set by the sport and the size of the playing area, not by preference. Taller poles put the source further from a player’s line of sight, which cuts direct glare, and they light a larger area per fixture so fewer poles are needed.
Height also interacts with beam type and aiming. A photometric layout resolves all three together and shows the light levels across the surface before any concrete goes in.

How Do You Keep Glare Out of Players' Eyes?

Glare control comes from three things: mounting the fixture high enough, aiming it so the brightest part of the beam lands on the surface rather than toward the players, and using shields or visors where the geometry is tight.
Full cutoff optics also keep light off neighboring property, which matters for courts in residential areas and for any facility working under a local ordinance.

What Is the Difference Between a Kit and Individual Fixtures?

A lighting kit is a matched package: fixtures, poles, crossarms and mounting hardware sized for a standard court or field dimension. Kits take the guesswork out of a common layout and arrive as one coordinated order.
Individual fixtures make sense when the space is a non-standard size, when poles already exist, or when a facility is being retrofitted in stages. If you are unsure which applies, send the dimensions and we will model it.

Can You Light an Existing Court Without New Poles?

Often yes. If the existing poles are structurally sound and correctly positioned, a retrofit swaps the fixtures and keeps the infrastructure. The pole still has to carry the new fixture’s EPA under local wind loading, so pole condition and rating get checked first.
Where the original layout was wrong, adding light to bad positions rarely fixes it. A photometric model shows quickly whether the existing pole positions can deliver the levels you need.

From Backyard Court to Stadium: Scaling the System

The same physics runs a backyard pickleball pad and a stadium field: light the playing surface evenly, keep glare out of the players’ line of sight, and keep spill off the neighbors. What changes with scale is the hardware. Small venues run compact poles with two to four fixtures. Larger fields and stadiums move to tall tapered poles carrying banks of high output sportslighters on crossarms, aimed zone by zone from a photometric model.
Spectator venues add a second audience: the stands have to read the ball as clearly as the players do, and broadcast or filming raises the bar again. If your facility hosts events, tell us how it is used and we will model light levels for the play surface and the seating together.

What About Controls and Technology?

Modern LED sports lighting is switched and managed, not just installed. Photocells handle dusk to dawn duty on security and perimeter fixtures, timers and scheduling match court hours, and instant on and off means no more waiting for HID lamps to strike before practice. Zoned switching lights one court of a multi-court facility without burning the whole site.
Controls also protect the budget: a court that lights only when reserved consumes a fraction of an always-on system. Browse compatible photocells and sensors in our lighting accessories range, or ask us to spec the control package with the fixture layout.

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Frequently Asked Questions

It depends on the level of play. Recreational courts are designed to a lower maintained average than competitive or tournament courts, and uniformity across the surface matters as much as the average figure. Send your court dimensions and intended use and we will model the actual levels before you order.

LED fixtures on correctly positioned poles, aimed to put even light across the full court including the baselines and kitchen line, with glare controlled so players can track the ball overhead. Pickleball courts are small enough that fixture aiming and mounting height matter more than raw output.

It depends on whether it is a full or half court and on the mounting height available. Full court systems typically use more poles than half court systems, and taller poles reduce the count. A photometric layout gives the exact number for your dimensions.

Yes. LED fixtures work with dimming and scheduling controls, which is useful where a facility wants full levels for play and reduced levels for maintenance, warm up or security after hours.

Yes. Photometric design is available on request. Send the court or field dimensions and we will model fixture placement and show the light levels across the playing surface.

An arena is usually enclosed or partly enclosed and the riders and horses need even light with very little glare at eye level, so fixtures are mounted and aimed differently than on an open field. Arena packages are sized by the arena footprint, for example 100 by 200 feet.

Photometric Design on Request

Send us your dimensions and we will model fixture placement and light levels before you commit.

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