LED screens and efficient lighting at the Corinthians Arena in Sao Paulo for the Soccer World Cup 2014

The German lighting systems manufacturer Osram and some of its subsidiary companies, like Traxon and Siteco, have been in charge of the LED lighting project for the Arena Corinthians stadium in Sao Paulo on the occasion of the World Cup Soccer World Cup in Brazil 2014, that will have a huge panel on its façade, of 170 meters long, composed of more than 34.000 leds.

The Arena Corinthians World Cup stadium in Sao Paulo has a gigantic panel on its façade, of 170 meters long by 20 high, formed by more than 34.000 LED luminaires from the German supplier Osram and its subsidiary Traxon Technologies, which has so far become the largest in the world of its type installed in an enclosure, turning it into an immense light box in this great Brazilian city.

This LED panel will be used during the World Cup in Brazil 2014, which will start in the middle of next month, as a screen to show outside the competitions held during this important sporting event, match results, information of interest, as well as any related videos.

As responsible for the lighting project of this stadium, Osram has added four high-definition LED screens inside the enclosure (each of 30×7,5 metros), so that fans can view the matches in detail, slow motion images of the most interesting plays, as well as the results.

Both the façade lighting, how the luminaires inside the stadium and the high-density lighting system of the playing field are controlled and managed from a centralized system. In this last area more than 350 luminarias de Siteco, also a subsidiary of Osram, which are combined with halogenated mercury lamps from the German manufacturer, to the point that this project has exceeded the demanding lighting quality requirements specified by FIFA for the playing field.

This is what Klaus-Gunter Vennemann has pointed out, Osram's directive: “Modern lighting solutions offered by Osram provide the latest in modern lighting for the playing field.”, in addition to guaranteeing brilliant images in HD quality, with a performance of up to 50% greater than those specified by FIFA”.

In this sense, The lighting power used in this stadium is 5.000 lux, duplicating the one that Osram installed a few years ago in the Allianz Arena stadium in Munich, although energy efficiency has been optimized, which reduces the number of lighting points needed, as well as installation and maintenance costs.