The Glare Problem in Press Boxes

Let’s face it, the coach’s spotting team wants to see exactly what is happening to report to the coach. The press needs to see exactly what is going on to report each play accurately.

Yet many press boxes are exposed to the setting sun in the late afternoon which usually means visual sight reflections from glare in the glass windows.

What to do about reflective glare in a press box:

1. The traditional solution is to slope the front viewing glass 15°. This will reduce the glare but the material thru which the light passes hasn’t changed so the glare is not removed.
2. The best solution is to design the press box using Anti-Reflective Glass which will reduce all but 1% of the reflective glare. Anti-Reflective Glass does cost more than regular tempered safety glass but this glass cost is offset by not having to build the press box with a sloped front.
3. If the press box will be built as “conditional space” requiring double pane windows, the two panes of glass increase the glare issue by a factor of nearly 2 – and anti-reflective glass is almost required to consistently get an accurate picture of what is happening on the field.

Austin Mohawk provides this Anti-Reflective Glass in the Professional Model Press Boxes.