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Syracuse Crunch Add New Lighting to War Memorial Arena Syracuse Crunch Add New Lighting

By Dominick Muccilo

The Crunch practice under their new lights
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Anchor:The Syracuse Crunch added new concession stands, suites, and a scoreboard to War Memorial Arena this offseason. But N-C-C’s Dom Muccilo tells us what new addition is really changing the game.
Reporter:Lights, Camera, Action! This season, the Crunch are rolling out an all new lighting system that’s improving the visual experience for everyone.

When the brand new lights come on at the home of the Syracuse Crunch, the possibilties are endless.

Jim Sarosy:
“It’s really second to none right now, it’s a whole new world for us and we’re kind of in its infancy we’re only three games in with the new system.”

The new system in War Memorial Arena is powered by Ephesus, a sports lighting company based in Syracuse.

Their new lights have the technology to produce a brighter display on the ice, leading to higher quality broadcasts.

Chief Marketing Officer at Ephesus Rebecca Firman, says the LEDs are inside the lights are what makes the magic happen.

Rebecca Firman:
“There’s a variety of factors that make LEDs special and unique for sports which include the high quality for broadcasting in 4k and 8k down the horizon. It’s controllable, meaning you can do more elaborate fan experience effects, you can use the lights for entertainment as well with special effects”

Inside the venue, these added effects are what’s revolutionizing how hockey games are watched.

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The new lighting system provided by Ephesus is helping players and fans catch the action like never before.

Jim Sarosy:
“It’s awesome. Players love playing under it. The feedback I’ve gotten from the fans has been just along that. We have this system in place now that can be adjusted on the fly and everything that we can do definitely makes a clearer, cleaner picture for fans to see.”

The display is powered by the lumidot system, which the Crunch’s parent club, the Tampa Bay Lighting use in their arena

“So as players go back and fourth between A-H-L and N-H-L team its advantageous to have similar lighting in the venues.”

Lighting tapers off into the stands which let’s both players on the ice see the puck better if it gets launched into the air and also allows fans to see everything that’s going on on the ice vividly.

Ephesus has been a partner with the Crunch and Lightning for six years now and they’ll continue to make sure War Memorial Arena stays lit.

Reporter: The Crunch are back in action this weekend when they host the Belleville Senators this Friday and Saturday at 7 P-M.

Anchor:Great to see a local company helping out the Crunch. It’s also interesting to note that the Tampa Bay Lightining want their A-H-L players competing under the same lighting.

The Syracuse Crunch have installed a new lighting system with the help of Ephesus, a local sports lighting company. LEDs, along with new technology inside the lights called the “lumidot system,” optimize the visual experience for players, fans and viewers at home. Rebecca Firman, the Manager of Marketing at Ephesus, thinks there are a number of factors that make the product so special.

“We now have high quality for broadcasting in 4k and 8k,” Firman said. “It’s controllable, meaning you can do more elaborate fan experience effects, have better halftime shows and you can use the lights for entertainment events as well with special effects.”

Ephesus has been a partner with the Syracuse Crunch and their parent club, the Tampa Bay Lightning, since 2012. However, in just six short years, Ephesus has developed even better technology to enhance how a game of hockey looks. Jim Sarosy, the Chief Operations Officer of the Syracuse Crunch, says that despite being just three games into the season, the results are already evident.

New lighting from Ephesus
New lights from Ephesus with the Lumidot System.
© 2018 Dom Muccilo

“It’s awesome, players love playing under it,” Sarosy said. “The feedback I’ve gotten from the fans has been just along that. We have this system in place now that can be adjusted on the fly and everything that we can do definitely makes a clearer, cleaner picture for fans to see.”

The Lumidot techology and LEDs allow for the lighting to taper off into the stands, enabling players to have a clearer view of flying pucks and fans to be able to see the game in a brighter fashion than ever before. As a franchise, Firman says the Lightning insist upon using this technology and wanted to make sure that their minor league players have the same experience as professionals.

“As players go back and fourth between the AHL and NHL team it’s advantageous to have similar lighting in the venues,” Firman said.

The Crunch will host the Belleville Senators at 7 P.M. on Friday and Saturday night.

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