Johnson Field Lights

Updated July 2007

Project Description

After seven years of persistence by student government representatives and under the leadership of Brittany Jaeger, the outgoing ASUNM president, the Johnson Field lighting project has become a reality!  ASUNM raised $260,000 from state appropriations in the last legislative session to help cover part of the $720,000 project costs.  As President Schmidly got on board, he promised the students that Johnson Field would be lit by the beginning of the fall semester 2007.

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New Spill Lights

These sports quality lights are environmentally friendly and good for the neighbors.  Musco Lighting is used at the Rose Bowl Stadium, various golf courses around the world, soccer fields and most sporting venues where lighting is needed.

Work over this summer will include three to four weeks of digging a four-foot deep trench to install the electrical conduit and the placing of the concrete bases.  At times the contractor will need to close the field to activity while the 6,000 to 7,000 pound concrete bases are put into place.  Redondo Drive should stay open during the project, but pedestrian access around the field will be limited.  Once completed, the playing field will be lit with these advanced anti-glare and no-spill lights.

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Contractors: Prime Electric to install the Musco Lighting fixtures

Project Manager: Maria Probasco

Estimated Completion Date: August 2007

Sabra Jane Basler
Transportation Information/Project Facilitator
University Communication and Marketing
The University of New Mexico

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Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001

Telephone: (505) 277-7590
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E-mail: waytogo@unm.edu