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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Final Four sees 9.97 TB of data used on Alamodome Wi-Fi
The final stats are in, and this year's men's NCAA basketball tournament Final Four weekend in San Antonio saw a total of 9.97 terabytes of data used on the Wi-Fi network inside the Alamodome, according to official NCAA network reports. With 4.9 TB of traffic used during the Saturday semifinal games and 5.07 TB used during the Monday night final the Alamodome Wi-Fi mark fell a bit below the Read More>>
Everest going solo in Wi-Fi equipment market
Once a very tightly coupled part of electronics giant Panasonic, Everest Networks is now going solo in its pursuit of market share in the competitive arena for sports stadium and large public venue Wi-Fi deployments. Though Everest representatives claimed that business is normal and usual, the emergence of Everest as a standalone company is a recent thing, even according to news clips posted on Read More>>
Cranes, dust dominate Los Angeles venue sites
Three Los Angeles-areas venues are under construction for soccer, football and the 2028 Summer Olympics. Between the cranes, earthmovers and swarms of fluorescent vests, you'd be forgiven for mistaking the Los Angeles basin for a construction zone. Sporting-wise, there are three construction zones, including a new stadium for a Major League Soccer latest expansion franchise, the venerable Read More>>
New Report: Wi-Fi scores at Final Four, Vegas Knights get more Wi-Fi, and more!
A live in-person report of the Wi-Fi network performance at this year's Final Four is just the beginning of our latest STADIUM TECH REPORT, the ONLY in-depth publication created specifically for the stadium technology professional and the stadium technology marketplace. Mobile Sports Report traveled this spring to San Antonio, Texas, to get a firsthand look at the new networks installed at the Read More>>
Wrigley Field gets new DAS in time for Cubs’ home opener
After some construction delays that no Chicago Cubs fans minded, the Friendly Confines of Wrigley Field will have a new high-performance distributed antenna system (DAS) operational for Monday's scheduled Cubs home opener for the 2018 season. Designed and deployed by DAS Group Professionals, the new in-stadium cellular network was originally scheduled to be ready by last year; but when the Read More>>
Wi-Fi scores like Villanova during Final Four at Alamodome
SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- The new and temporary Wi-Fi networks inside the Alamodome were as hot as national champion Villanova Monday night, with many speedtest marks in the 50-60 Mbps range for both download and upload throughout many points in the stadium. We'll have more details and perhaps some final tonnage numbers coming soon, but before we crash late night here in the Alamo city, where Read More>>
SEAT founder launches venue business-strategy firm
Christine Stoffel, founder of the popular SEAT conference, has banded together with some top sports & entertainment industry executives to form The Executive Advocates (TEA), a venue business-strategy consulting firm with a wide menu of potential services. Joining Stoffel in the founding of TEA are partners Katee Panter and Douglas Moss; Denise Taylor, CIO for Westfield Inc., will serve as Read More>>
Gold-medal wireless discovered at PyeongChang Winter Olympics
When I saw Chloe Kim's now-famous "hangry" tweet hit the Internet, I wasn't so much amazed that an Olympic athlete would tweet in the middle of competition -- I was more stunned that on a ski hill she could tweet, obviously without any connectivity issues. Wish I finished my breakfast sandwich but my stubborn self decided not to and now I'm getting hangry— Chloe Kim (@chloekimsnow) Read More>>
