FLAGSHIP SERIES: STADIUM TECH REPORTS
Introducing: The Stadium Connectivity Outlook survey!
To all stadium, arena, ballpark, race track, concert-hall, convention-center, airport, casino and other large public venue owners, operators and administrators and deployers of connectivity technology: We need you! That is, we need you to take our Stadium Connectivity Outlook survey, a vehicle designed to find out "where we're at, and where we're going" when it comes to connectivity technology and the business Read More>>
All MSR Blog Posts
Small company delivers big Wi-Fi for Minnesota United at Allianz Field
July 30, 2019 By Paul Kapustka Leave a Comment
Fans at the new Allianz Field in St. Paul are the beneficiaries of a big project done by a small company to bring solid fan-facing Wi-Fi to the new 19,400-seat home arena for the Minnesota United FC MLS team. The striking new $250 million facility, opened in April just off the highway that connects Minneapolis to St. Paul, is a looker from first sight, especially at night if the multi-colored Read More>>
Venue Display Report: Small directories do big job at Mall of America
July 22, 2019 By Paul Kapustka Leave a Comment
With hundreds of stores, shops and restaurants – and an embedded amusement park – being big only starts to describe the breadth of the Mall of America. Yet to help guests find what they are looking for and to find their way around the 5.6 million square-foot property, the Mall went small with its digital-display directories, a winning move that has produced more than 10 million interactions since Read More>>
Top-down approach brings Wi-Fi to OKC Thunder’s Chesapeake Energy Arena
July 11, 2019 By Paul Kapustka Leave a Comment
If there’s one sure thing about stadium Wi-Fi deployments, it’s that pretty much no two networks are ever exactly the same. So even as there is a growing large-venue trend for putting Wi-Fi access points under seats or in handrails, sometimes the traditional top-down method is still the one that works best. Such was the case for the first full fan-facing Wi-Fi network at Chesapeake Energy Arena Read More>>
Temporary courtside network helps set Final Four Wi-Fi records
June 30, 2019 By Paul Kapustka Leave a Comment
One of the traditional characteristics of the Final Four is the yearly travel scramble of the fortunate fans and teams who have advanced to the championship weekend. Somehow, with only a week's notice, plane flights, road trips and hotel rooms get scheduled and booked, leading to packed houses at college basketball's biggest event. The excitement of the Final Four extends beyond the Read More>>
Final Four displays, new Giants scoreboard, all in the new VENUE DISPLAY REPORT!
June 27, 2019 By Paul Kapustka Leave a Comment
Mobile Sports Report is pleased to announce the second issue of our new VENUE DISPLAY REPORT, with in-depth profiles of display technology at the Final Four, a huge new video board for the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park, and the innovative directory displays at the Mall of America. No need to sign up or register -- just click on the image below and start reading the issue today! A new Read More>>
New Report: Wi-Fi 6 research report, record Wi-Fi at the Final Four, and more!
June 23, 2019 By Paul Kapustka Leave a Comment
MOBILE SPORTS REPORT is pleased to announce the Summer 2019 issue of our STADIUM TECH REPORT series, the ONLY in-depth publication created specifically for the stadium technology professional and the stadium technology marketplace. Our latest issue contains a research report on the new Wi-Fi 6 standard and what it means to stadium networks, as well as three separate profiles of Wi-Fi network Read More>>
Cisco brings fan-facing Wi-Fi to Pebble Beach for U.S. Open
June 17, 2019 By Paul Kapustka Leave a Comment
Fans at the recent U.S. Open golf championship at Pebble Beach were treated to an on-course Wi-Fi network from Cisco, as part of a sponsorship partnership between Cisco and the U.S. Golf Association. As the official technology partner for the USGA and its championships, Cisco said it set out with the goal to make this year's 119th U.S. Open the "most connected" in the event's history, mainly Read More>>
Broncos Stadium at Mile High sees 12.63 TB of Wi-Fi during Garth Brooks show
June 12, 2019 By Paul Kapustka Leave a Comment
The Garth Brooks show in Denver June 8 saw fans use a venue-best 12.68 terabytes of data on the Wi-Fi network at Broncos Stadium at Mile High, according to figures provided by the team's IT department. In what sounds like a great time for both attendees and the performer (see Tweet below) there were 48,442 unique devices connected at some point during the night, according to figures sent our Read More>>