A week from tomorrow, the Planning & Zoning Commission will review an amendment to allow lights on town athletic fields.
There will be provisions to limit the number of events held on the fields — which much be at least 20 acres, and include at least 200 parking spots — as well as permits for practices only until 9 p.m.
In years past, proposals like this have created Super Bowl-like interest. Supporters praised lights as the greatest thing since Genesis; detractors warned that lighted athletic fields would mean Armageddon.
This time around, there’s been barely a peep. Does that mean lights are an idea whose time has come?
Or, rather, an idea whose time has come in the midst of far darker concerns?
The Staples High School football field, without lights.
