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Whatever your sports or event lighting need, Musco Lighting has the solution.
A leader in developing sports-lighting technology — including solutions for permanent and
temporary lighting, and sports facility management — Musco offers innovative systems, a
comprehensive package of services and decades of experience.
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The Sports Lighting Specialist
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Since 1976, Musco Lighting has specialized in the design and manufacture of systems for lighting recreation
and athletic fields.
From neighborhood ball fields to NASCAR superspeedways to the fast-paced world of
sports broadcasting and the entertainment industry, Musco’s team can state:
“We Make It Happen.”
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Meeting Needs
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Offering solutions for both permanent and temporary lighting needs, Musco has attained
first-hand knowledge of lighting issues that affect participants, spectators and television.
Responsible lighting is the focus of Musco’s product development. Most of the
technological advancements are a direct result of the concerns and needs expressed by
customers and design professionals.
These efforts have pioneered dramatic improvements in lighting systems:
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Location
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Based in central United States with offices in more than 9 locations around
the U.S. and more than 9 offices world-wide, Musco is recognized as a
world-class leader in sports lighting with lighting systems installed
around the globe.
Corporate Headquarters: Oskaloosa, Iowa, United States
Manufacturing: Muscatine, Iowa and Shanghai, China
U.S. Field Offices
- Cameron Park, California
- Columbus, Ohio
- High Point, North Carolina
- Farmingdale, New Jersey
- Irvine, California
- Muscatine, Iowa
- Plantation, Florida
- Round Rock, Texas
- West Chicago, Illinois
Global Sales Offices
- Athens, Greece
- Beijing, China
- Bolton, England, United Kingdom
- Chongqing, China
- Dubai, UAE
- Guangzhou, China
- Incheon City, South Korea
- Limerick, Ireland
- Nicosia, Cyprus
- Oakville, Ontario, Canada
- Shanghai, China
- Sydney, Australia
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Warsaw, Poland
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Our Experience
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Working with organizations such as Amateur Softball Association, Babe Ruth League, Disney,
England and Wales Cricket Board, Little League Baseball® and Softball, Major League Baseball, NASCAR
and the NBA, Musco has played a key role in developing guidelines for safe, efficient sports
facilities. Musco is a Major Partner with the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA);
provides the Official Sports-Lighting System for Little League Baseball® and Softball and was selected
to light Disney’s Wide World of Sports™ Complex — a state-of-the-art 200-acre complex
with facilities for more than 30 sports — located in the greater Orlando, Florida area in the United States.
Musco has worked with Little League Baseball®, and many other organizations,
to develop guidelines for safe, efficient sports facilities.
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ABC, CBS, NBC, TBS, TNN, ESPN, ESPN2, Fox Sports, SkyTV, CBC and Channel 9 (Australia) have
relied on Musco to provide quality lighting to meet their special needs, including their worldwide
television broadcasts of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, the 1999 Pan Am Games and five Super Bowls.
Musco’s experienced technical team members provide temporary lighting
services on some of the most demanding film and television production sets, including hundreds of
major motion pictures, such as Field of Dreams, Titanic and Pearl Harbor.
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Major Innovations
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• 1982
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“The night the lights went on at Notre Dame Stadium,” Keith Jackson, ABC Sports broadcaster. Made television history by taking sports lighting on the road with Musco Mobile™ lighting systems for broadcast of Notre Dame vs. Michigan primetime football game
Musco’s Mobile Lighting system made its debut on September 18, 1982
at the Notre Dame vs Michigan football game — a Fighting Irish first.
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• 1991
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Introduced the industry’s first sports-lighting system complete from foundation to poletop: Light-Structure System™
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• 1992
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Revolutionized NASCAR broadcasts by making night racing at the Winston Cup level possible. Mirtran™ systems were first used at Charlotte Motor Speedway (now Lowe’s Motor Speedway) and are now in place at fourteen speedways, including the granddaddy of them all, Daytona International Speedway
“. . . Without Musco’s product, technology and service, this
project would have been nearly impossible.”
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— Wes Harris,
Vice President of Development,
Lowe’s Motor Speedway
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• 1996
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Introduced a cost-effective, quality lighting solution for large indoor arenas. ShowLight™ systems were first used at Charlotte Coliseum and are now installed throughout the United States and in England
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• 1999
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Used internet technology to dramatically advance on/off management of sports
lighting, allowing facility managers to control, monitor and manage their systems remotely with Control-Link®
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• 2005
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Revolutionized sports lighting with the introduction of Light-Structure Green™
cutting energy costs in half, reducing spill light by 50%.
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Recognition
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Emmy Award
Musco was awarded an Emmy by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for
lighting the NCAA football telecasts.
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Academy Award
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded Musco an Academy
Award for scientific and engineering achievement in film lighting.
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International Lighting Design Award
The 1993 Paul Waterbury Award of Excellence for Outdoor Lighting, one of two
presented worldwide, was awarded to Musco for innovative design at the
Charlotte Motor Speedway.
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