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Core Venue Information
Official Name: Yurtec Stadium Sendai
Location: Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Opened: June 1997
Primary Use: Football
Home Clubs: Vegalta Sendai (J.League), Sony Sendai FC
Capacity: 19,000 spectators
Historic Significance & Community Role
Yurtec Stadium Sendai, opened in 1997, has served as the primary football venue for Sendai and the wider Tohoku region. It gained national prominence when it became the home of Vegalta Sendai during the club’s historic debut in Japan’s top-flight J1 League in 2002. That inaugural season saw remarkable local support, with the club drawing an average home attendance of 21,000—exceeding the stadium’s official capacity and demonstrating the deep passion of the region’s football fans.
A Symbol of Resilience: The 2011 Disaster and Recovery
The stadium’s history is profoundly marked by the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami of March 2011. Located in Sendai, the facility suffered significant damage from the catastrophic event. In the aftermath, Yurtec Stadium Sendai transformed from a sports venue into a vital symbol of community resilience and recovery. It served as a logistical hub and a beacon of hope, with its restoration paralleling the region’s arduous rebuilding efforts. The return of football to the repaired stadium was a powerful emotional milestone for the people of Tohoku.
Home of Football in Tohoku
The stadium is shared by two clubs:
Vegalta Sendai: The city’s professional J.League club, with a massive and loyal fanbase. The team and its supporters have a deeply rooted connection to the stadium as a place of collective identity and regional pride.
Sony Sendai FC: Also uses the stadium for home matches, further cementing the venue’s status as the central football facility in Sendai.
Yurtec Stadium Sendai stands today not only as a modern football facility but as a enduring testament to the strength and spirit of the Tohoku community. It is a place where sport, community, and recovery intersect, hosting matches that carry significance far beyond the pitch.
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With the growing popularity of nighttime sports events, professional competitions demand higher lighting quality. The glare from traditional fixtures can no longer meet athletes’ expectations for sensory experience. Leveraging breakthroughs in MECREE’s sports lighting technology, our precise light control and anti-glare designs enable athletes to perform at their peak and enjoy an exceptional sports experience.
Issues caused by unnecessary nighttime lighting, such as light pollution and light trespass, are increasingly concerning and have led to rising public complaints. Amid growing environmental awareness, lighting designers must prioritize controlling “Light Pollution” and “Light Trespass.” We are committed to addressing this challenge through innovative optical technologies.
Currently common traditional stadium lights model for some international stadiums as below:
MVF406/1800W, HNF003, MVF401, MVF403, MVF024, EF-2000, YOA56305, YOAX56400, 2kW: HQI-TS 2000WDS, 2kW: HQI-TS 1000WDS, MHN-SA 2KW 400V/956, MHN-SB/HO 2KW 400V/956, LPW2000M/D, LPW1000MB/L, LPP2000MHN-SA, LPP2000MHN-SB.
There is big problem that traditional lamps can not cannot meet the needs of 4K and 8K high-definition broadcast and huge energy consumption.
With the strengthening of environmental lighting awareness and the pursuit of high-quality lighting, there is a trend to replace traditional lamps by high quality of LED Stadium Lights.
MECREE has launched the following series of LED Sport Stadium Lighting:
MECREE’s specially engineered precision lighting control is designed to meet the needs of such users. The polarized light range of 65-73° is defined as the P73-L and A65 series products, which deliver an unparalleled visual experience while offering access to thousands of IES profiles.
Our precisely engineered optics of polarized light aim light directly onto the field of play, to shine uniformly and to minimize glare. Outdoor venues benefit from spill light control, no more skyglow and no more complaints from the neighbors.
1. Such light shield is useless,just misleading customers.
2. As tested it will cause 30% reduction of light output
3. While 70% still have high overflow
4. Unbearable strong glare
5. Waste energy,outdated reflective technology
The power supply and lamp body can be mounted separately, reducing the withstand weight of the lamp pole and facilitating maintenance.
Customized crossarms are available to meet all your existing old poles without replacing the main rod, crossarms bolt directly to light pole, easy and accurate installation saves time, ensures performance, safety and reliability,also lower the budget.
In current sports lighting projects, high-altitude light calibration is recognized as a major efficiency bottleneck. The process carries high safety risks, is prone to aiming deviations, and involves cumbersome installation and removal procedures, making it difficult to achieve the required uniformity.
MECREE’s innovative laser aiming mount was designed precisely to address these issues. It revolutionizes the workflow through three key advantages:
Easy Installation: With a simple design, it allows rapid mounting and dismounting, significantly lowering the operational threshold.
Precise Aiming: Ensures accurate laser alignment, fundamentally guaranteeing uniform illumination and compliance with lighting standards.
Efficient Operation: Reduces labor and time costs by up to 80%. Calibrating 200 fixtures at height previously took 20 days; now the same workload can be completed in just 4 days.
Choosing MECREE means choosing a safer, more precise, and highly efficient sports lighting solution.
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