re: Bama Football Tidings

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Alabama has installed new LED lights at Bryant-Denny Stadium and based on reactions to a preview shared on social media, they’re already a hit with fans.

AD Greg Byrne teased that the lights will flash crimson every time the Crimson Tide scores. The company that installed the new system, Musco Lighting, told AL.com that that won’t be the only entertainment feature the new lighting brings to Alabama football games this fall. The lights can change colors and sync to music.

“It’s going to be more crisp, more aesthetically pleasing and that goes more to our glare control and how we control glare to the players and the fans. It will feel more like a theater,” account manager Vaughn Blythe told AL.com

Musco told AL.com that even the color of the direct lighting to the field can be changed. Michael Casagrande noted that that effect will not be used during gameplay, but for pregame and timeouts.

“They just add to the show, the fan experience, the theatrical capability that we are already doing with our field of play fixtures,” Blythe told Casagrande. “Then you add in the color changing and it’s a cool look from a theatrical standpoint.”

It will certainly be interesting how this new theatrical experience looks on TV and in person.

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New details on how Bryant-Denny Stadium lights will change fan experience By Michael Casagrande | mcasagrande@al.com
Night games will look a little different at Bryant-Denny Stadium moving forward.

The old lighting system was recently replaced with a new LED system that gained attention in videos Alabama released on social media. The exact details weren’t explained beyond that but AL.com spoke with the company that installed the new system.

It involves capabilities to change colors and sync the lighting to music, said Vaughn Blythe of Musco Lighting. The key account manager worked directly with Alabama to create an improved experience for fans in the stadium, watching on TV and for the players on the field.

The old system with 300 light fixtures was replaced with 180 new LED units.

The net result is double the light level while cutting energy consumption in half.

“Yes, they are going to notice it,” Blythe said. “It’s going to be more crisp, more aesthetically pleasing and that goes more to our glare control and how we control glare to the players and the fans. It will feel more like a theater.”

The new lights exceed the broadcast standard for NCAA finals events, Blythe said.

Most of the buzz around this project is going to the color capability added with the RGBW lights.

This component is unique for Musco -- which designed lighting for 13 NFL stadiums -- because it includes new capabilities for the color shifting. It’s the first project for Musco in which the color of the direct lighting to the field can be changed.

In the past, they’d used those colored lights in the canopy of venues that don’t change the full stadium’s look.

These effects will only be used outside of the competition like for pregame or timeouts.

“They just add to the show, the fan experience, the theatrical capability that we are already doing with our field of play fixtures,” Blythe said. “Then you add in the color changing and it’s a cool look from a theatrical standpoint.”

The DMX controls that come with the system allows the school to sync the lighting to traditionally played songs on game day.

The price of this new lighting system has not been disclosed but it comes with a warrantee. The light levels, parts and labor are guaranteed for 25 years, Blythe said.

The first opportunity to see these lights in action also remains a mystery. The only game times announced to date for home games is the Sept. 7 visit from New Mexico State. That kicks off at 3 p.m. Other possibilities include Sept. 21 vs. Southern Miss, Sept. 28 vs. Ole Miss or Oct. 19 vs. Tennessee. Every Alabama-LSU game since 2011 has been played at night and the Tigers come to Tuscaloosa on Nov. 9.

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Freshman Christian Harris was at the inside linebacker spot next to Dylan Moses during today’s media viewing period

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Also, some epileptic is going to have a seizure, and it will be a disaster for the whole thing.

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Alabama warmed up inside of Bryant-Denny Stadium on Saturday afternoon as the team prepared for its second scrimmage of fall camp. The temperature was a sunny 93 degrees. Here are some notes from the media viewing period.

— Running back Trey Sanders was seen scootering into Bryant-Denny Stadium before practice. His left foot was in a cast.

— Defensive lineman LaBryan Ray (ankle) was dressed out in full pads for the first time this fall. He worked with Phidarian Mathis and Raekwon Davis on the first unit during drills. Justin Eboigbe, Tevita Musika and Christian Barmore made up the second unit.

— D.J. Dale (knee) was dressed in full pads and practiced with the third unit on the defensive line alongside Byron Young and Ishmael Sopsher. Antonio Alfano and Braylen Ingraham worked in the final group.

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