HiViz Field and Stadium Addresses Superbowl Blackout

The power outage at the Super Bowl causing the lights to go through a 34-minute recycle to warm up which delayed the game could have been completely avoided using the HiViz Field and Stadium LED lighting technology. "Our LED stadium light solutions change the game completely compared to traditional metal halide lighting as is installed at the Super Dome. Using LED lights from VisionX, which are based on CREE diodes made in the USA, we provide the same amount of light, using 1/10th the power," Says Sam Massa, owner of HiViz Field and Stadium. He continues, "Most important, they can be turned instantly on and instantly off. There is no warm up time."HiViz Field and Stadium installed the first "green" athletic field lighting solution in North Carolina using low cost, energy efficient LED lights. "I can't believe the Super Dome can't do what we can do at our local soccer field using the HiViz Field and Stadium. We love the instant-on/instant-off feature of the HiViz Field and Stadium lights at our soccer complex. It saves money and if we do have lights go off for any reason, they can be turned on without any delay. Our games start on time!", says Vic Kubit, member of the Fayetteville Soccer Club.
Massa explains why there is a delay with traditional stadium lights. "The layman explanation of the reason there is a delay with the lights like those used at the Super Dome is that the lamp itself contains gas inside, metal halides. To turn on the light, an arc, much like a welding arc, is created that excites the gas and causes it to shine bright light. The lamps become very hot, hundreds of degrees, when operating. This creates tremendous pressure inside the lamp and due to the pressure, the arc will not reignite the gas until the light cools down and the pressure subsides. This typically takes 20 minutes or more."The following video shows the instant-on instant-off advantage of some of the newest LED technology offered by HiViz Field and Stadium: LED lighting technology is revolutionizing the lighting industry. The US manufacturer of LED diodes used in the HiViz LED Stadium and Lighting solutions, CREE, has seen significant growth. According to MarketWatch.com, CREE's 2nd quarter fiscal earnings were up 69% as the energy efficient light maker saw broad based revenue growth." Shares jumped 14% in recent after market trading.I never thought I'd see this day where we have lights shining down on our the field with our kids playing at night" says Julie Bilyeu, mother of several youth soccer participants and wife of club Treasurer, Keith Bilyeu. "It has really cut years off of our fund raising efforts to provide lights for the fields and the operating costs are even less."