By BOB SHRALUKA
WZBD.com
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the Formula Field ball diamond (field No. 1 on the west end of the REV Sports Complex) will be lighted in mid-September.
A tentative date of September 12 is set for now, according to Decatur Operations Manager Jeremy Gilbert.
Gilbert said it will take Musco Lighting of Dublin, Ohio, a few days to install the lights. Then Bleeke Electric – which has done other non-diamond lighting at the field – will begin wiring the lights into the concession building.
Gilbert announced at the July 18 meeting of city council that an anonymous donor is putting up $125,000 to fund the project.
Decatur’s board of works and safety, meanwhile, approved funding some additional lighting. For approximately $14,000, an “adder” will be placed on one of the new poles, shine in another direction and light the field of an adjacent diamond, Gilbert explained to the board.
Then, in a later year, that field could be lighted at a smaller cost because of the “adder.”
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