Zayed Sports City

The Challenge

Built in 1980, Zayed Sports City holds an iconic place in the culture of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The multi-purpose sports complex is home to the UAE’s national soccer team, hosts world championship tennis matches, and accommodates a wide variety of other indoor and outdoor sports for participants ranging from amateurs to elites. When it came time to update the decades-old metal halide lighting around more than a dozen playing surfaces—including at the 5,000-seat International Tennis Center—the facility sought a state-of-the-art LED system that was adaptable enough to serve a variety of sports at every level of competition.

The Solution

Zayed Sports City opted for a retrofit system upgrade utilizing Musco’s Total Light Control – TLC for LED™ technology. At the championship tennis court—which in 2022 hosted the prestigious Mubadala World Tennis Championship—the lighting system increased light levels and improved uniformity, enabling players, spectators, and cameras to track balls moving faster than 100 mph (160 km/h). Lighting systems for adjacent fields, courts, tracks, and pitches are tailored to meet the needs for a variety of sports, and Musco’s patented visor technology keeps glare from spilling to neighboring roads and highways. Musco’s long-term parts and labor warranty eliminates maintenance costs and concerns for 10 years.