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>>
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Connect the DAS: Enhanced cellular finally arrives at Wrigley Field
When it comes to sports fans and their beloved stadiums, change is sometimes hard to take, especially at historic venues like the Chicago Cubs' beloved Wrigley Field. The last ballpark in the major leagues to get lights (in 1988), fans of the iconic Wrigley with its ivy-covered outfield walls put up some fierce resistance to some of the latest changes brought to the ballpark by the team's Read More>>
Massive MIMO is Sprint’s path to 5G, says CTO Saw
Sprint chief technical officer John Saw has seen the future of cellular wireless, and according to him it was at a sports event. "I was at the [Winter] Olympics where KT [Korea Telecom] and Intel set up the first 5G network," said Saw in a recent phone interview. "Stadiums will be a good showplace for the capabilities of 5G. It's pretty impressive what you can do with 5G that you can't do Read More>>
MatSing ball antennas to power new DAS at Amalie Arena
Can the curiousity become commonplace? That's the question that will be answered when the new DAS network at Amalie Arena in Tampa comes online -- powered by 20 MatSing "eyeball" antennas, the big, white, spherical systems mostly previously seen as quirkily conspicuous portable cellular equipment for large gatherings like outdoor concerts. Over the past year, however, the MatSing balls have Read More>>
Eagles sign Appetize for new point-of-sale system at Lincoln Financial Field
The Philadelphia Eagles have signed a deal with Appetize to bring its technology-centric point of sale system into Lincoln Financial Field, a deal designed in part to help speed up concessions transactions for home fans of the new Super Bowl champions. According to a press release out today, Appetize will install "more than 500" iOS- and Android-based terminals inside the Linc, including some Read More>>
D.C. United picks VenueNext for Audi Field app
As D.C. United gets set to move into Audi Field, the team announced it has chosen VenueNext to supply a new stadium and team app, which will include support for a wide range of services including digital ticketing, video highlights and replays, and a virtual currency that will let fans purchase goods and services at the stadium via their mobile device. The new deal is VenueNext's first customer Read More>>
Giants, AT&T say new under-seat antennas triple cell capacity at AT&T Park
An offseason experiment by AT&T and the San Francisco Giants may change the way sports venues and carriers think about cellular deployment, as a massive installation of under-seat antennas has significantly improved the cellular capacity at AT&T Park for AT&T customers, according to the team and the carrier. By installing cellular antennas inside 916 existing under-seat Wi-Fi antenna Read More>>
New Report: DAS deployments rule, with new networks at Wrigley Field, AT&T Park and Amalie Arena
Call it the 'Connect the DAS' issue -- our latest STADIUM TECH REPORT is heavy on DAS news, with new deployments at Wrigley Field, AT&T Park, and Amalie Arena -- all of them breaking news, as in you heard it here first! At AT&T Park, the home of the San Francisco Giants, there is a brand new upgrade to the stadium's DAS network, an AT&T-only deployment of DAS antennas inside the same under-seat Read More>>
State of the Stadium Network, 2018: Smooth sailing right now but rough waters ahead?
Here at Mobile Sports Report we used to have a yearly survey (called "State of the Stadium") which we used mainly to see if and when wireless networks were being deployed in large sports venues. After just a few years, it quickly became apparent that for almost all the respondents we heard from, the question was no longer "if" networks would be deployed, but just "when." And for more than most, Read More>>
