LED sources also for high-power floodlights are designed to illuminate stadiums, infrastructures, such as stations and airports and, in general, large overhead areas. It is a technological advancement that entails an important energy saving, together with all the other advantages of LEDs, such as the long life span and the perfect integration with the new smart management systems.

Stadium floodlights with LED sources is a technology in the foreground in a moment of great transformation of sports facilities. Sport, football in particular, is now a business of colossal proportions, the most important sporting events have millions of spectators, but the bulk of the audience sees the game, in high definition, from the sofa at home.

The stage must then take on new forms and new functions. The big football clubs are carriers of “brands” known all over the world and want to have a stadium that is attractive for the fans, but also for the sponsors. On this line the great English teams have been moving for some time. Arsenal, for example, has already signed an agreement with the airline Fly Emirates in 2006 worth 150 million euros in 15 years.

The stadium is called Emirates Stadium and the sponsor company bought the rights to the name until 2028. The example was followed by other English clubs, such as Manchester City for Etihad Stadium and Leicester City, the revelation team of last year that play in the King Power Stadium. The name is just one of the ways in which a modern and efficient LED stadium lighting can contribute to the income of a sports club.

The new stadiums

The model of new LED stadium lighting is economically efficient. It comes with a structure that is not too big, not more than 40 thousand seats, where the public is in maximum comfort (seats all seated) and in close contact with the playing field. The infrastructure must then be equipped with a series of spaces and services that can make the structure live even on days when there is no sporting event. The new facilities often include gyms, meeting rooms, museums dedicated to the history of the team and megastores where t-shirts and gadgets are sold.

The most advanced systems and new digital technologies can be used in infrastructures with important objectives: first of all the safety of the areas from which millions of people pass, and then comfort, energy efficiency, respect for the environment and improved management. In addition, the most advanced systems can integrate many other services, such as video surveillance essential to increase safety standards, environmental monitoring, traffic conditions, parking. A series of data that create a new dialogue between the city and its inhabitants.