FERRI LIGHTING DESIGN & ASSOCIATES SERVES UP INDUSTRY’S FIRST 100% OUTDOOR LED LIGHTING INSTALLATION FOR ESPN’S U.S. OPEN SET

FERRI LIGHTING DESIGN & ASSOCIATES SERVES UP INDUSTRY’S FIRST
100% OUTDOOR LED LIGHTING INSTALLATION FOR ESPN’S U.S. OPEN SET

 FLDA Creates Dynamic, Bright Lighting for Three Locations at U.S. Tennis Center

FOR RELEASE ON: TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2013

NEW YORK – Ferri Lighting Design & Associates (FLDA) today announced that it has designed and installed the industry’s first 100% outdoor LED lighting set for ESPN’s 2013 U.S. Open telecasts. The installation includes three outdoor locations, which include the ESPN announce booth; and two locations in the main stadium at the U.S. Tennis Center in Flushing, Queens in New York City.

The FLDA design for ESPN is notable for its ability to leverage a green production standard, using a completely LED installation, and creating enough light to counteract the sun’s brightness for the outdoor interview set. This year marks the fifth U.S. Open that FLDA has collaborated on with ESPN.

Photos of the ESPN U.S. Open set lighting can be viewed and downloaded at: http://s530.photobucket.com/user/montclairpfaff/library/FLDA%20US%20Open%202013?sort=3&page=1.

“We have been working on the U.S. Open for the last fifteen years with a few cable networks, but ESPN has always been very receptive to breaking new ground with production technology, and it is this mind-set that has helped deliver this year’s all-LED set,” said Mick Smith, lighting designer. “We have learned, over the past few years, how to use LED lighting to augment our design so that we can maximize the firepower of lighting to work with the power of natural sunlight. This year, I feel that – with ESPN – we have laid the foundation for a new outdoor lighting paradigm.”

“We have a strong working relationship with ESPN, and have been proud of our work for them, so it makes sense that we would have the opportunity to create the first all-LED outdoor set of this kind for them,” said Bruce Ferri, CEO and founder of FLDA.

FLDA’s Emmy Award-winning team has achieved renown for its sports studio installations over the years, including multiple designs for ESPN, and for NBC Sports and the MLB Network, among others.