Choose court layout
Start with pickleball, half basketball, full basketball, tennis, rows, and columns so the calculator can suggest fixture count.
Sport court lighting calculator
Estimate sport court lighting cost before you place the poles.
Start with the court type and count, compare available lighting products, and estimate poles, heads, concrete bases, wiring, controls, and installation before moving into the map estimator.
Compare lighting products
Product output, head count, pole bases, wiring, controls, and installation assumptions drive the planning range.
Place and aim on the map
Open the lighting estimator with the sport-court layout carried over, then place poles and review modeled coverage contours.
Outdoor lighting cost calculator
Your planning estimate updates immediately as you change fixture count, product, heads, pole/base work, trenching, wiring, controls, and local factors. Coverage is still a planning simulation, not a certified photometric plan.
Lighting planning estimate
Single midpoint price with the likely planning range below it.
Estimated unit rate$4,657 - $9,404 / each
Materials$5,771
Labor$4,015
Overhead$979
Profit$1,615
Pricing notes
- Lighting coverage and product output are planning simulations based on available specs. Contractors should verify final photometrics, glare, electrical, code, and permits.
2fixtures / poles6total light heads117,000modeled lumens900Wconnected load
Pickleball lighting layout1 x 1 court layout | 2 poles, poles on one long side, 5 ft from the court edge.
2poles6heads900Wload
The calculator uses this as a linked sport-court layout. The map estimator will still let you place, move, and aim the actual poles before requesting quotes.
Lighting details affecting this estimate
Lighting equipment$5,200Installation labor$2,500Concrete / pole base$2,280Trenching / wiring allowance$1,700Controls / timer allowance$700
Use this estimate as a starting point
This estimate is not localized yet. You can still draw it on the map, or add an address first for local context.
What changes a sport court lighting estimate?
The calculator uses fixture-based pricing, not coverage square footage. It combines the selected product, court layout, concrete base assumptions, wiring, controls, and local modifiers before handoff.
Court type and count
Pickleball normally needs fewer poles than tennis, full basketball, or multi-court layouts.
Product output
Higher-output fixtures can reduce pole count or improve coverage, while lower-output fixtures may need more poles.
Pole bases and wiring
In-ground poles can add concrete bases, trenching, wiring route, controls, and setup work.
Local context
Published local factors can adjust planning costs using wage, demand, regional cost, soil, weather, permit, and approved pricing data.
Why move from calculator to map?
The typed estimate gets you a planning range. The map step helps verify where poles fit, how the lights aim toward the court, and whether access or placement notes should be sent with the quote request.
Suggested layout
Carry over the court type, rows, columns, product, pole count, and head count into lighting mode.
Coverage review
Use modeled contours to compare likely coverage, overlap, and weak areas before contractors verify the final plan.
Quote clarity
Send contractors a clearer scope with fixture choices, pole positions, aiming notes, and the selected planning range.
Planning limits
Lighting simulation is not a certified photometric, electrical, glare, code, or permit plan.
Ready to place the court lights?
Use the calculator to pick a product and budget range, then open the lighting estimator to position the layout and request quotes.