Article updated: 8/14/2012 5:33 PM

Lights go on at Glen Ellyn’s Memorial Field

Buy this photo Buy this photo
next prev 1 of 3
   
Gallery Image

David Miller of Musco Lighting takes a reading during a test of the new lights Monday at Memorial Field in Glen Ellyn.

Bev Horne | Staff Photographer

The Glenbard West High School marching band practices Monday night at Memorial Field in Glen Ellyn as officials tested the field's new lighting system for the first time.

Bev Horne | Staff Photographer

Officials test the new lights Monday at Memorial Field across the street from Glenbard West High School in Glen Ellyn.

Bev Horne | Staff Photographer

About this Article

Eighteen months after Glenbard High School District 87 officials proposed illuminating Memorial Field in Glen Ellyn for night use, the lights are finally on. Six light towers now stand above the Glenbard West practice field on Crescent Boulevard and Monday evening marked the first time officials flipped the switch.