lighting mobile lighting motion picture lighting event lighting and industrial lighting founded 1976 founder joe crookham and myron gordin headquarters oskaloosa iowa united states area served worldwide slogan we make it happen website musco.com musco lighting is a privately owned american company that specializes in the design and manufacture of sports and large area lighting solutions around the world . based out of oskaloosa iowa musco has been the industry leader for the past 40 years lighting a myriad of olympic games super bowls and other major sporting events . since its beginning musco has pioneered systems that have made dramatic improvements in energy efficiency and provided affordable ways to control spill light and glare . musco is responsible for lighting a full range of sports facilities from daytona international speedway 1 and emirates stadium 2 to thousands of little league 3 fields around the world . in addition to lighting both mount rushmore national memorial and the statue of liberty it also provides lighting systems for large industrial areas such as dp world jebel ali port terminal 1 and georgia ports authority s garden city terminal . 4 musco has also won an academy award 5 and an emmy award . 6 musco stadium lighting installation contents 1 founding 2 1970s 3 1980s 4 1990s 5 2000s 6 2010s 7 lighting projects 7.1 basketball 7.1.1 professional 7.1.2 collegiate 7.2 ice hockey 7.2.1 professional 7.2.2 collegiate 7.3 major league baseball 7.4 minor league baseball 7.5 football 7.5.1 professional 7.5.2 collegiate 7.6 motorsports venues 7.7 soccer 7.8 tennis 7.9 events 7.10 other 8 references 9 external links founding edit when the founders of musco lighting formed a partnership in 1968 joe crookham was a part of a successful law practice in oskaloosa iowa while myron gordin was working as an engineer at pella corp and running a toolmaking business out of his living room . together they looked to make myron s startup business venture g & l industries into a stable profitable company . g & l industries originally manufactured products that were sold under their customer s brand names such as excel corporation snap on and cornwell precision tools . in 1969 g & l received its first big break when brown and sharpe mfg. purchased a large quantity of product and provided g & l with enough capital to expand . understanding the limiting factors of their current business approach joe and myron started seeking out opportunities to grow their company . 1970s edit in 1976 joe and myron purchased the struggling muscatine lighting and manufacturing company in muscatine iowa . this marked the start of musco lighting . having little experience in lighting joe and myron studied both the factory s product line and the potential market opportunities for them . a year later in 1977 the company released the sports cluster system . this development featured fixtures that were mounted on metal cross arms rather than the standard wooden ones simplifying installation and improving reliability . by 1979 through research and development the company introduced factory luminaire aiming as well as the remote ballast simplifying maintenance by placing electrical components in a service box near the base of the pole . 1980s edit the 80s began with joe and myron pursuing their vision of having a completely self sufficient portable lighting system . this system would enable facilities that did not have lighting or lacked proper light quality for television broadcasts to play night games . musco soon demonstrated a prototype unit to abc tv executives . two years later in 1982 musco light made its debut and television history by supplying light to the first ever night game at notre dame stadium . 7 working through several engineering challenges musco light was able to provide a flawless performance for what keith jackson would refer to as the night the lights came on at notre dame stadium . this would provide musco with an opportunity to enter the movie industry in 1983 when they provided lighting for all the right moves 8 a tom cruise film . musco continued to light large sporting events including the 1983 super bowl followed by the 1984 olympic games taking place in los angeles . they also impacted small baseball parks across the us by designing a four pole light system for little league fields . the second half of the 1980s consisted of musco lighting the rededication ceremony for the statue of liberty 9 providing on screen lighting for the film field of dreams 10 and several others and introducing several new products including sportscluster 2 level 8 and total light control tlc . 1990s edit in 1991 musco released its light structure system . this new system consisted of 5 easy pieces that made assembly the simplest and most cost efficient in the sports lighting industry . the following year musco made it possible for the first little league world series 11 to be played at night at lamade stadium . after a successful world series the company would go on to become the official sports lighting system of little league baseball and partner to create a safety awareness program asap to improve safety in little league . musco moved into a new area of sports lighting by developing mirtran ground level mirror lighting technology to meet the criteria for lighting nascar tracks . charlotte motor speedway was the first to receive this new technology in 1992 for one hot night a part of the 1992 winston cup . this innovative design would later receive the paul waterbury award and make its way to the daytona international speedway as well as several other speedways . musco made their first major lighting installation in europe by implementing its lighting system at dunstall park in england . the final year of the decade saw a major innovation in regards to facility management with control link . as a wireless control system based on internet technologies that provide facility managers the ability to control their sports lighting remotely control link has grown to manage over four million schedules a year . 2000s edit musco expanded in 2002 both internationally by opening production facilities in china and south korea to better serve the asia market and domestically by placing regionally based lighting technicians to service customers in the us . 12 the introduction of musco s light structure green system in 2005 proved the company s commitment to clean energy efficient lighting solutions . the year also saw the introduction of the musco constant 25 a 25 year warranty and maintenance program guaranteeing trouble free lighting equipment operation including parts labor group lamp replacement and constant light levels . the company also invested research and development efforts to build systems around the led light source . the white house was musco s first outdoor application with the technology and it dramatically reduced energy consumption and provided a clean color accurate light . additionally in 2008 musco brought light to the losail international circuit marking one of the largest sports venues ever to be the largest sports venue ever lit along with the yas marina circuit in 2009 . 2010s edit in 2010 musco was presented with one of its largest projects to date lighting the east span of the san francisco bay bridge . after three years of development and testing musco had a design that met the performance and aesthetic requirements for the bridge . this design featured more than 51 500 leds in 1 600 light fixtures ; all strategically aimed to highlight the bridge without shining light in the eyes of the 300 000 daily drivers . 13 the new led system reduced energy consumption by 50 percent when compared to typical metal halide lighting . since lighting the white house in 2008 musco has installed its led systems into some of the world s largest sports complexes and facilities . in 2013 musco installed led lights at arizona state university s wells fargo arena 14 making them the first in all of ncaa basketball . the following year lakepoint sporting community placed its fields under musco s light structure green led system allowing them to be the first major sports complex in the world to do so . 15 musco also installed its system at nrg stadium making it one of the first nfl stadiums to be lit with led technology 16 and at twickenham stadium one of the first in europe for the rugby world cup being held in england . additionally musco s sportscluster green led system can be seen at work in the dallas cowboys at & t stadium . in 2015 musco took on the unique and challenging task of providing led lighting for both the statue of liberty 17 and mount rushmore two of the united states iconic landmarks . musco s latest projects of scale include emirates stadium home of arsenal fc petco park of the san diego padres 18 and minute maid park home of the houston astros . 19 musco currently has offices located all around the globe including australia canada china cyprus germany greece ireland jordan south africa south korea uae united kingdom and the united states . lighting projects edit partial list basketball edit professional edit at & t center san antonio spurs san antonio texas barclays center brooklyn nets brooklyn new york fedexforum memphis grizzlies memphis tennessee smoothie king center new orleans pelicans new orleans louisiana quicken loans arena cleveland cavaliers cleveland ohio verizon center washington wizards washington d.c. wells fargo center philadelphia 76ers philadelphia pennsylvania collegiate edit pauley pavilion ucla los angeles california mckale center university of arizona tucson arizona carver hawkeye arena university of iowa iowa city iowa breslin center michigan state university east lansing michigan dean smith center university of north carolina chapel hill north carolina frank erwin center university of texas austin texas ice hockey edit professional edit at & t center san antonio rampage san antonio texas barclays center new york islanders new york new york madison square garden new york rangers new york new york pnc arena carolina hurricanes raleigh north carolina verizon center washington capitals washington d.c. wells fargo center philadelphia flyers philadelphia pennsylvania the o2 arena london england collegiate edit munn ice arena michigan state university east lansing michigan pegula ice arena penn state university state college pennsylvania jerome schottenstien center ohio state university columbus ohio conte forum boston college boston massachusetts magness arena university of denver denver colorado kohl center university of wisconsin madison wisconsin major league baseball edit comerica park detroit lions detroit michigan petco park san diego padres san diego california led minute maid park houston astros houston texas led dodger stadium los angeles dodgers los angeles california nationals park washington nationals washington d.c. citi field new york mets queens new york minor league baseball edit hank aaron stadium mobile bay bears mobile alabama dunkin donuts park hartford yard goats hartford connecticut first tennessee park nashville sounds nashville tennessee pnc field scranton wilkes barre rail riders moosic pennsylvania southwest university park el paso chihuahuas el paso texas principal park iowa cubs des moines iowa durham bulls athletic park durham bulls durham north carolina football edit professional edit gillette stadium new england patriots foxborough massachusetts lambeau field green bay packers green bay wisconsin centurylink field seattle seahawks seattle washington raymond james stadium tampa bay buccaneers tampa florida nrg stadium houston texans houston texas led lp field tennessee titans nashville tennessee bank of america stadium carolina panthers charlotte north carolina fedexfield baltimore ravens landover maryland ford field detroit lions detroit michigan levi s stadium san francisco 49ers san francisco california collegiate edit notre dame stadium university of notre dame south bend indiana michigan stadium university of michigan ann arbor michigan jack trice stadium iowa state university ames iowa stanford stadium stanford university palo alto california rose bowl ucla los angeles california ben hill griffin stadium university of florida gainesville florida autzen stadium university of oregon eugene oregon texas