During Wisconsin ’s foresighted , bitterly frigid winters , the only things that grow are snow banks . So to keep Lambeau Field ’s turf in plot shape for Sunday , the Packers roll out these massive Friday dark light .
Built byStadium Grow Lights(SGL ) , a Dutch firm that services a number of professional association football pitches throughout Europe , these roving grow lamps are designed to illume the sections of a field that receive little or no natural light due to the construction of the stadium . Packers Stadium was the first pro stadium in North America to apply the system when trials began in October 2010 . The lights worked so well that the Packers organization ordered another nine unit forward of the 2011 season . They now run most constantly from October to the first workweek in December .
The lighting semi itself is made from a power system of retractable metallic element , living accommodations hundreds of 1000 James Watt light bulbs . And when meld with the stadium ’s sub - soil heating arrangement — a web of antifreeze filled pipes running under the sod to keep it from freeze self-coloured during Green Bay ’s wicked inhuman wintertime — the SGL lighting system is even more effective . “ The grass is slap-up looking , it ’s thicker and healthier , fledged , and total , ” playing area manager Allen Johnson told theNew York Times . “ We endeavor to get the grass as healthy as we can before the start of the season . The light and heat from the coils underneath the field are a adept combination and complement each other . By the starting line of December we have a somewhat full canopy . ” primer coat crews monitor the light-headed production and record a form of information points on the field ’s consideration day by day .
The Packers ’ success has now led other professional franchise to look into the system as well , including the Houston Astros and the New York Red Bulls , whose stadium design prevents adequate sunlight from reaching one of the penalty box seat for nine months out of the year . “ The class before , it was definitely brown and it did n’t look correct , ” said Dan Shemesh , director of grounds for the Red Bulls , told the Times . “ You could always tell the south end : the air was colder , the soil was cold , the green goddess was thinner . It did n’t require to be mowed much . ” But now , boasts Shemesh , “ This past year , actually , that end was better than the other end . ”
The system is n’t perfect , of class . It ’s a number ill-chosen to set up , for one thing . “ It takes about three full - sentence assistants to bring the lights out and then dispatch them from the field . Also when we mop or fecundate we move the lights from one one-half of the field of operations to the other , ” Johnson told the Times . And running an armada of 1000W bulbs 24/7 for calendar month at a time certainly is n’t going to help the bowl ’s galvanic bill . But when the NFL alone is making around $ 10 billion a year , spikes in the squad ’ electric bills is a small price to pay for a more luscious acting field . [ NYT – The Municipal – MSU ]
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