{"id":7741,"date":"2016-08-04T15:57:46","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T19:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=7741"},"modified":"2022-03-23T10:14:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T14:14:00","slug":"footballlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/footballlights\/","title":{"rendered":"College Tests Football Lights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7742 size-full\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/08\/ootballLightsArt.jpg\" alt=\"College Football Lights\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/08\/ootballLightsArt.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/08\/ootballLightsArt-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/08\/ootballLightsArt-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2016\/08\/ootballLightsArt-500x282.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Be Light, indeed! After a 30-some-year absence, stadium lights once again light Angell Field, home to the Kalamazoo College Hornet football team. With help from Musco Sports Lighting and Hi-Tech Electric, K is now the first sports stadium in Michigan with LED lights designed to drastically reduce both light trespass and glare outside the College\u2019s property lines. Musco engineers, a City of Kalamazoo inspector, K officials and several neighbors witnessed a test of the lighting system at its highest intensity Wednesday night. All pronounced the finished product a success. K and its lighting consultants will continue to tweak the lights in order to achieve maximum benefit on the field and off. Per an agreement with neighbors and the City, K will use the lights for up to 20 nights annually, almost exclusively for practices that will accommodate Hornet varsity football, men\u2019s and women\u2019s soccer, men\u2019s and women\u2019s lacrosse, men\u2019s and women\u2019s club ultimate Frisbee and intramural teams. (Wednesday\u2019s test counted as one of those 20 nights.) Thank you, everyone, who worked hard to bring lights back to Angell Field. Lux esto! (<em>text by Jeff Palmer; photo by Susan Andress<\/em>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Be Light, indeed! After a 30-some-year absence, stadium lights once again light Angell Field, home to the Kalamazoo College Hornet football team. 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After a 30-some-year absence, stadium lights once again light Angell Field, home to the Kalamazoo College Hornet football team. With help from Musco Sports Lighting and Hi-Tech Electric, K is now the first sports stadium in Michigan with LED lights designed to drastically reduce both light trespass and glare outside the College\u2019s property lines. Musco engineers, a City of Kalamazoo inspector, K officials and several neighbors witnessed a test of the lighting system at its highest intensity Wednesday night. All pronounced the finished product a success. K and its lighting consultants will continue to tweak the lights in order to achieve maximum benefit on the field and off. Per an agreement with neighbors and the City, K will use the lights for up to 20 nights annually, almost exclusively for practices that will accommodate Hornet varsity football, men\u2019s and women\u2019s soccer, men\u2019s and women\u2019s lacrosse, men\u2019s and women\u2019s club ultimate Frisbee and intramural teams. (Wednesday\u2019s test counted as one of those 20 nights.) Thank you, everyone, who worked hard to bring lights back to Angell Field. Lux esto! 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