Nila designs and installs the highest quality lighting systems available for your field of play. Our fixtures produce light that’s not only sustainable, but beautiful too. We’re lighting designers, so we understand your aesthetic needs.
Lighting design involves more than placing lights in order to illuminate a subject. A good design also creates a rich and vibrant aesthetic that enhances every event at your facility. It’s that level of design expertise that Nila Sports brings to the table, and the one thing that no other luminaire manufacturer can offer.
Unlike traditional lighting technologies, high-intensity LED lighting is a relatively new field. Fortunately, we’ve spent more than a decade designing fixtures, lighting systems, and components for the ever-changing landscape of LED. We understand how to design for LED better than anyone else in the field.
Custom Designs
Our Hollywood production veterans will create a lighting design just for you. With a broad range of control and fixture options, we’ll create the perfect plan to insure that you get the most “WOW” out of your lighting budget.
Precision Controls
We’ll provide the amount of control you need, from the light show of your dreams to simple on/off switches anyone can use. All Nila Systems control components are compatible with a wide range of control hardware.
Massive Savings
Most Nila systems create a 40-70% reduction of energy use from the word go. They also result in the virtual elimination of maintenance costs across the board. We’ll even help you navigate your local power company’s discount programs.
Sustainability
Our products are environmentally sustainable by design, containing no lead, mercury, or toxic heavy metals. They don’t emit any harmful UV or IR radiation and their components are all RoHS compliant.
Our system design choices allow you to purchase only the components you want. Choose the system that best suits your needs without blowing your budget.
Choose the degree of control you want, from a simple on/off switch to advanced show control with individual dimming controls for each fixture.
Choose the coverage area you want your new lighting system to cover and the brightness levels you want to achieve. If you’re not sure, a Nila lighting expert can develop a plan and help you to understand your options.
Choose the weatherproofing you require for your facility, from dust and water spray protection to full rain and snow protection.
Nila Systems CASE STUDY:
AEG’S DIGNITY HEALTH SPORTS PARK
Since its opening day in 2003, the Anschutz Entertainment Group's field has been primarily lit by 396 metal halide light fixtures. Increasing power costs drove AEG to consider upgrading their antiquated lighting system with state of the art LED fixtures. They auditioned a number of different lights before choosing Nila. Nila's install provided them with a turnkey solution that includes fewer lights, zero maintenance, total control, and brighter light levels that exceed the FIFA standard.
LED RETROFIT
The Dignity Health Sports Park staff faced a difficult task in upgrading the facility's lighting. They not only needed a new generation of lights, but also a new lighting design for their field that would improve modelling while also being more pleasing for players and fans. Nila accepted the challenge and produced a design that is both efficient and elegant. The field now has an even 200 footcandles from goal to goal utilizing only the existing lighting positions. Nila fabricated everything else that was needed to complete the install, and even provided for the safe disposal and recycling of the toxic metal halide fixtures and bulbs.
The Nila Benefits
308 daylight-balanced SL100s were installed. They produce 15% brighter light levels than the metal halide lights they replaced, despite the fact that we installed 88 fewer lights. The park will use 62% less power than before if the lights are used in the same way as the metal halide fixtures. Since Nila's fixtures give the facility improvements like instant-on and individual control across a full dim range, they stand to save even more.
The Hardware
Our largest fixture (at the time) provides superior color rendering for television cameras and flicker-free operation for rock solid instant replays. AEG opted for a wired control system with several control stations at the facility. The stadium staff is so happy with these fixtures that we're also installing them on the practice fields at Dignity Health Sports Park.
“We are proud to be the first stadium in Major League Soccer to install these state-of-the-art lights. We are excited to continue to implement innovative and sustainable energy ideas at StubHub Center.”
— Katie Pandolfo, General manager
Nila Systems CASE STUDY:
RENO EVENTS CENTER
The Reno Events Center was built in 2005, but it was never intended to host televised sporting events. As the 2012-2013 home of the NBA D-League tournament, the NBA wanted them to upgrade their lighting system for the HD broadcasts of the games. Nila provided a solution for the duration of the tournament that could easily be loaded in and out.
NBA D-League Tournament
The lighting for the tournament was designed by Rob Baxter. Mr. Baxter is the lighting designer for all NBA Special Events, including the All-Star Weekend. He needed big improvements to the color rendering, coverage, and energy consumption of the tungsten and metal halide fixtures currently in use at the Reno Events Center. He tapped Nila as the lighting provider for the tournament and worked with us to create the optimal lighting system for the event.
The Nila Benefits
115 tungsten-balanced SL25s were installed in place of the existing tungsten and metal halide light fixtures. The installation was completed in a single eight hour shift. Nila's fixtures produced an even 60 footcandles over the entire court and provided superior color rendering for network television. The use of the SL25s resulted in an astonishing 85% reduction in energy consumption!
The Hardware
The fixtures used for the D-League tournament were equipped with standard yokes and C-clamps to facilitate an easy load-in and load-out. Per NBA specifications, they were tungsten-balanced to match the warmth of traditional NBA lighting installations. Lighting control chores were handled by a standard DMX control board, just as they would at any other NBA game. Instant replays showed off the flicker-free output of the fixtures.
“I was very impressed with the quantity and quality of the light. With the added control and energy savings, this is an improvement on every level.”
— Karen Goldstick, NBA Consulting LD