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Musco Lighting is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 privately owned company, based out of Oskaloosa, Iowa
Oskaloosa, Iowa

Oskaloosa is a city in and the county seat of Mahaska County, Iowa, Iowa, United States. The population was 10,938 at the United States Census, 2000....
 that is noted for providing permanent or temporary lighting at major sports events and stadiums including the Super Bowl
Super Bowl

In professional American football, the Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League . The game and its ancillary festivities constitute Super Bowl Sunday....
 and Olympics.

The company derives its name from Muscatine County, Iowa
Muscatine County, Iowa

Muscatine County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of 2000, the population was 41,722. Its county seat is Muscatine, Iowa.Muscatine County is part of the Muscatine Muscatine micropolitan area....
, where it was founded and still maintains a large manufacturing plant.

Company projects range from the largest sports lighting project in the world to small Little League
Little League

Little League Baseball is the name of a non-profit organization in the United States which organizes local children's leagues of Amateur baseball in the United States and softball throughout the USA and the rest of the world....
 parks.






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Musco Lighting is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 privately owned company, based out of Oskaloosa, Iowa
Oskaloosa, Iowa

Oskaloosa is a city in and the county seat of Mahaska County, Iowa, Iowa, United States. The population was 10,938 at the United States Census, 2000....
 that is noted for providing permanent or temporary lighting at major sports events and stadiums including the Super Bowl
Super Bowl

In professional American football, the Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League . The game and its ancillary festivities constitute Super Bowl Sunday....
 and Olympics.

The company derives its name from Muscatine County, Iowa
Muscatine County, Iowa

Muscatine County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of 2000, the population was 41,722. Its county seat is Muscatine, Iowa.Muscatine County is part of the Muscatine Muscatine micropolitan area....
, where it was founded and still maintains a large manufacturing plant.

Company projects range from the largest sports lighting project in the world to small Little League
Little League

Little League Baseball is the name of a non-profit organization in the United States which organizes local children's leagues of Amateur baseball in the United States and softball throughout the USA and the rest of the world....
 parks. In addition to its Academy Award, it has also won an Emmy Award
Emmy Award

The Emmy Award, also known as the 'Emmy', is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards....
 for its providing temporary lighting for night time NCAA games, including games at Notre Dame Stadium
Notre Dame Stadium

Notre Dame Stadium is the home American football stadium for the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team. The stadium is located on the campus of the University of Notre Dame at Notre Dame, Indiana, just north of the city of South Bend, Indiana, USA....
, Ohio Stadium
Ohio Stadium

Ohio Stadium , is the home of the Ohio State Buckeyes football team at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. The stadium was added to the National Register of Historic Places by the National Park Service on March 22, 1974....
 and Bearcat Stadium
Bearcat Stadium

Bearcat Stadium is the football stadium of the Northwest Missouri State University Bearcats in Maryville, Missouri and is the oldest continuous site for any NCAA Division II school....
. The company illuminated the Statue of Liberty
Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty , or, more formally, Liberty Enlightening the World , was presented to the United States by the people of France in 1886....
 during its rededication, four Super Bowls, and was the official lighting company for the 1984, 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games
Olympic Games

The Olympic Games are an international multi-sport event established for both summer and winter sports. There have been two generations of the Olympic Games; the first were the Ancient Olympic Games held at Olympia, Greece, Greece....


As of 2006 it employed 1,000 people including 350 in Oskaloosa, 350 in Muscatine and 300 worldwide

Among the products of their Sports Lighting system is the Light Structure Green- an energy-saving pole-light system.

History

The company was started in 1976 by Joe Crookham and Myron Gordin bought the Muscatine Lighting Manufacturing Co. in Muscatine, Iowa
Muscatine, Iowa

Muscatine is a city in Muscatine County, Iowa, Iowa, United States. The population was 22,697 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Muscatine County, Iowa....
.

In 1977 it began marketing its newly created Sportscluster which it says was the first factory-assembled and factory-wired light cluster (previously lights in stadiums et al had to be assembled one at a time).

In 1979 it improved the lighting process by adding aiming components at the factory and then locating serviceable electrical components in an enclosure near the base of the light pole.

In 1981 it launched Musco Mobile Lighting with the Musco Light in which lighting fixtures were erected from trucks. Among its first client was the first night game at Notre Dame Stadium
Notre Dame Stadium

Notre Dame Stadium is the home American football stadium for the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team. The stadium is located on the campus of the University of Notre Dame at Notre Dame, Indiana, just north of the city of South Bend, Indiana, USA....
.

In 1983 it lit its first Super Bowl
Super Bowl

In professional American football, the Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League . The game and its ancillary festivities constitute Super Bowl Sunday....
, provided lighting for Space Shuttle
Space Shuttle

NASA's Space Shuttle, officially called the Space Transportation System , is the spacecraft currently used by the United States government for its human spaceflight missions....
 launches at Vandenburg Air Force Base, the filming of All the Right Moves
All the Right Moves

All the Right Moves is a 1983 in film drama/romantic comedy film directed by Michael Chapman and starring Tom Cruise, Craig T. Nelson, Lea Thompson, Chris Penn, and Gary Graham....
.

In 1984 it was the official light supplier for the 1984 Olympic Games.

In 1986 Myron Gordin, Joe P. Crookham, Jim Drost and David Crookham received a Scientific and Engineering Award during the 58th Academy Awards
58th Academy Awards

The 58th Academy Awards, honoring the 1985 in film, were held on March 24 1986 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California. They were hosted by Alan Alda, Jane Fonda, Robin Williams....
 for "the invention of a method of transporting adjustable, high-intensity Luminaires and their application to the motion picture."

In 1998 it created the world’s largest outdoor sports-lighting project when it provided the lighting for the Daytona International Speedway
Daytona International Speedway

Daytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida, Florida, United States. Since opening in 1959, it has been the home to the most important race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the Daytona 500....
.

In 2001 following the September 11 terrorist attacks Musco provided seven light trucks and staff to illuminate both The Pentagon
The Pentagon

The Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, located in Arlington County, Virginia, Virginia. As a symbol of the Military of the United States, "the Pentagon" is often used Metonymy to refer to the Department of Defense rather than the building itself....
 and World Trade Center
World trade center

The World Trade Centers Association founded in 1970, is a not-for-profit, non-political association dedicated to the establishment and effective operation of World Trade Centers as instruments for trade expansion representing 316 members in 91 countries....


In 2007 it provided the lighting for the Losail International Circuit
Losail International Circuit

Losail International Circuit is a motor racing circuit located just outside Doha in the Persian Gulf State of Qatar.Built in just under a year by 1000 workers at the cost of $USD58million, the track opened in 2004 to the inaugural Marlboro Grand Prix of Qatar, won by Sete Gibernau....
, the largest permanent outdoor sports lighting project in the world. It also donated $12 million to William Penn University
William Penn University

William Penn University is a private, liberal arts university in Oskaloosa, Iowa, United States. It was founded by members of the Religious Society of Friends in 1873 as Penn College....
 in Oskaloosa to build 200,000 feet of new structures. It was the largest grant in school history.

Lighting Projects


Professional baseball

  • Comerica Park
    Comerica Park

    Comerica Park is an open air baseball park located in downtown Detroit, Michigan. It serves as the home of the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball's American League, replacing historic Tiger Stadium in 2000....
     - Detroit, Michigan
    Detroit, Michigan

    Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Wayne County, Michigan. Detroit is a major port city on the Detroit River, in the Midwestern United States of the United States....
  • RFK Stadium - Washington, DC
  • Shea Stadium
    Shea Stadium

    William A. Shea Municipal Stadium, usually shortened to Shea Stadium or just Shea , was a stadium located in the New York City borough of Queens, in Flushing Meadows?Corona Park....
     - New York City
    New York City

    The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
  • Nationals Park - Washington, DC


Professional football

  • Gillette Stadium
    Gillette Stadium

    Gillette Stadium is the home stadium for the New England Patriots American football team and the New England Revolution Football team. Located in Foxborough, Massachusetts, the facility opened in 2002, replacing Foxboro Stadium....
     - Foxborough, Massachusetts
    Foxborough, Massachusetts

    Foxborough is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States, approximately 22 miles southwest of Boston, Massachusetts and 18 miles northeast of Providence, Rhode Island, Rhode Island....
  • Lambeau Field
    Lambeau Field

    Lambeau Field is an outdoor American football stadium in Green Bay, Wisconsin, the home of the National Football League's Green Bay Packers. Opened in 1957 as City Stadium, it replaced the original City Stadium as the Packers' home field....
     - Green Bay, Wisconsin
    Green Bay, Wisconsin

    Green Bay is a city in and the county seat of Brown County, Wisconsin in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.The city is located at the head of its namesake Green Bay , a sub-basin of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Fox River ....
  • Qwest Field
    Qwest Field

    Qwest Field is a multipurpose stadium located in Seattle, Washington, USA. It serves as the home field for the National Football League's Seattle Seahawks, and Major League Soccer's Seattle Sounders FC....
     - Seattle, Washington
    Seattle, Washington

    Seattle is the most populous city in the US state of Washington and the Northwestern United States. The encompassing Seattle metropolitan area is the 15th largest in the United States, and the largest in the Pacific Northwest....
  • Raymond James Stadium
    Raymond James Stadium

    Raymond James Stadium, also known as "The Ray Jay", is a multi-purpose American football stadium located in Tampa, Florida. It is home to the National Football League's Tampa Bay Buccaneers as well as the NCAA's South Florida Bulls football team....
     - Tampa, Florida
    Tampa, Florida

    Tampa is a United States city in Hillsborough County, Florida, on the west coast of the state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County....
  • Reliant Stadium
    Reliant Stadium

    Reliant Stadium is a multiple-use stadium in Houston, Texas, Texas. The stadium is the home of the National Football League's Houston Texans, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, the Texas Bowl, host to many international soccer matches for the United States men's national soccer team and other events....
     - Houston, Texas
    Houston, Texas

    Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States of America and the largest city within the state of Texas. As of the 2007 U.S. Census estimate, the city has a population of 2.2 million within an area of 600 square miles ....
  • Adelphia Coliseum - Nashville, Tennessee
    Nashville, Tennessee

    Nashville is the Capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County, Tennessee. It is the second most populous city in the state after Memphis, Tennessee....
  • Bank of America Stadium
    Bank of America Stadium

    Bank of America Stadium is a 73,504-seat American football stadium located on 33 acres of land in uptown Charlotte, North Carolina, United States....
     - Charlotte, North Carolina
    Charlotte, North Carolina

    Charlotte is the largest city in the state of North Carolina and the seat of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The List of United States cities by population in the United States....
  • University of Phoenix Stadium
    University of Phoenix Stadium

    University of Phoenix Stadium is a multipurpose American football stadium located in Glendale, Arizona. It is the home of the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League and the annual Fiesta Bowl....
     - Glendale, Arizona
    Glendale, Arizona

    Glendale is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, Arizona, United States, located about nine miles northwest from Downtown Phoenix. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 246,531....
  • FedEx Field - Landover, Maryland
    Landover, Maryland

    Landover is an unincorporated area in Prince George's County, Maryland, Maryland, United States, within the census-designated place of Greater Landover, Maryland....
  • Ford Field
    Ford Field

    Ford Field is an indoor American football stadium located in Detroit, Michigan that is the current home field of the National Football League's Detroit Lions....
     - Detroit, Michigan
    Detroit, Michigan

    Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Wayne County, Michigan. Detroit is a major port city on the Detroit River, in the Midwestern United States of the United States....


Major Speedways

  • Atlanta Motor Speedway
    Atlanta Motor Speedway

    Atlanta Motor Speedway is a track in Hampton, Georgia, twenty miles south of Atlanta, Georgia. It is a 1.54-mile quad-oval track with a seating capacity of over 125,000....
     - Atlanta, Georgia
    Atlanta, Georgia

    Atlanta is the Capital and most populous city in Georgia , as well as the 33rd largest city in the United States of America with a population of 519,145....
  • Auto Club Speedway - Fontana, California
    Fontana, California

    Fontana is a city in San Bernardino County, California, California, United States. Located in the heart of the Inland Empire region of southern California, the City of Fontana is a fast-growing community known for its varied and colorful history, and for some of its important new local landmarks....
  • Bristol Motor Speedway
    Bristol Motor Speedway

    Bristol Motor Speedway, originally known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway is a NASCAR short track motor racing located in Bristol, Tennessee....
     - Bristol, Tennessee
    Bristol, Tennessee

    Bristol is a city in Sullivan County, Tennessee, Tennessee, United States. The population was 24,821 at the United States Census, 2000. It is the Twin cities of Bristol, Virginia, which lies directly across the border between Tennessee and Virginia....
  • Darlington Raceway
    Darlington Raceway

    Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. It is nicknamed the "Lady in Black" and "The Track Too Tough to Tame" by many NASCAR fans and drivers and advertised as "A NASCAR Tradition"....
     - Darlington, South Carolina
    Darlington, South Carolina

    Darlington is a city in and the county seat of Darlington County, South Carolina, in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of South Carolina. It is a center for tobacco farming....
  • Daytona International Speedway
    Daytona International Speedway

    Daytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida, Florida, United States. Since opening in 1959, it has been the home to the most important race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the Daytona 500....
     - Daytona Beach, Florida
    Daytona Beach, Florida

    Daytona Beach is a city in Volusia County, Florida, Florida, United States. According to 2006 U.S. Census Bureau estimates, the city has a population of 64,421....
  • Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex
    Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex

    Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex is a 220 acre athletic complex located in the Walt Disney World Resort. The complex includes 9 venues and hosts numerous amateur and professional sporting events throughout the year....
  • Gateway International Raceway
    Gateway International Raceway

    Gateway International Raceway is a race track in Madison, Illinois, USA, just minutes from Downtown St. Louis, Missouri. It hosts a NASCAR Nationwide Series event and a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race on a 1.25 mile oval, a 1.5 mile infield Road Course used by SCCA and various car clubs, and also has a quarter-mile drag strip that hos...
     -Madison, Illinois
    Madison, Illinois

    Madison is a city in Madison County, Illinois and partially in St. Clair County, Illinois, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,545 at the 2000 census....
  • Kentucky Speedway
    Kentucky Speedway

    Kentucky Speedway is a motor speedway located in north-central Kentucky, near the community of Sparta, Kentucky; approximately halfway between Louisville, Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio, and is additionally from another fairly sizable market, Lexington, Kentucky....
     - Sparta, Kentucky
    Sparta, Kentucky

    Sparta is a city in Gallatin County, Kentucky and Owen County, Kentucky Counties in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The population was 230 at the 2000 United States Census....
  • Losail International Circuit
    Losail International Circuit

    Losail International Circuit is a motor racing circuit located just outside Doha in the Persian Gulf State of Qatar.Built in just under a year by 1000 workers at the cost of $USD58million, the track opened in 2004 to the inaugural Marlboro Grand Prix of Qatar, won by Sete Gibernau....
     - Doha
    Doha

    Doha is the capital city of Qatar. With a population of 400,051 according to the 2005 census, it is located in the Ad Dawhah municipality on the Persian Gulf....
    , Qatar
    Qatar

    Qatar , officially the State of Qatar , is an Arab emirate in Southwest Asia, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the larger Arabian Peninsula....
  • Las Vegas Motor Speedway
    Las Vegas Motor Speedway

    Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada, Nevada, just outside Las Vegas, Nevada, is a 1,200 acre complex of multiple tracks for automobile racing....
     - Las Vegas, Nevada
    Las Vegas, Nevada

    Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, Nevada, and an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and entertainment....
  • Lowe’s Motor Speedway - Concord, North Carolina
    Concord, North Carolina

    Concord is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 55,977. It is the county seat of Cabarrus County, North Carolina and a winner of the All-America City Award in 2004....
  • Nashville Superspeedway
    Nashville Superspeedway

    Nashville Superspeedway is a motor racing complex located in Gladeville, Tennessee , United States, about 30 miles east of Nashville, Tennessee....
     - Nashville, Tennessee
    Nashville, Tennessee

    Nashville is the Capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County, Tennessee. It is the second most populous city in the state after Memphis, Tennessee....
  • Phoenix International Speedway - Phoenix, Arizona
    Phoenix, Arizona

    Phoenix is the capital and largest city in the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the fifth most populous city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,552,259 residents, and is the anchor of the Phoenix Metropolitan Area with 4,179,427 residents....
  • Richmond International Raceway
    Richmond International Raceway

    Richmond International Raceway is a 3/4-mile , D-shaped, asphalt race track located just outside Richmond, Virginia in Henrico County, Virginia....
     - Richmond, Virginia
    Richmond, Virginia

    Richmond is the Capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. Like all Virginia municipalities incorporated as cities, it is an independent city and not part of any county....
  • Texas Motor Speedway
    Texas Motor Speedway

    Texas Motor Speedway is a Oval track racing located in the northernmost portion of the United States city of Fort Worth, Texas -- the portion located in Denton County, Texas....
     - Fort Worth, Texas
    Fort Worth, Texas

    Fort Worth is the List of United States cities by population in the United States and the fifth-largest city within the state of Texas. Situated in and a cultural gateway into the Western United States, the city covers nearly in Tarrant County, Texas and Denton County, Texas counties, serving as the county seat for Tarrant County....


Other

  • Charlotte Coliseum
    Charlotte Coliseum

    The Charlotte Coliseum was a multi-purpose sports and entertainment arena in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was operated by the Charlotte Coliseum Authority, which also oversees the operation of Bojangles' Coliseum, the Charlotte Convention Center, and Ovens Auditorium....
  • Jay M. Robinson High School
    Jay M. Robinson High School

    Jay M. Robinson High School, often referred to as Robinson or JRob by students, is a comprehensive public high school located in Concord, North Carolina....
    , (football stadium only).
  • North Mahaska High School, all athletic fields.


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