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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Full-stadium Wi-Fi lands at Miami Heat’s AmericanAirlines Arena
Fans attending Miami Heat games at AmericanAirlines Arena now have access to a full-stadium Wi-Fi network, as one of the last NBA venues without Wi-Fi has now fully embraced the wireless technology and what it enables. "It's all about wanting to elevate the fan experience," said Matthew Jafarian, vice president for digital strategy and innovation for the Heat, in a recent phone interview. With Read More>>
AT&T sees 2.5 TB of DAS traffic at 2018 college football championship game
AT&T said fans on its network at Monday's college football playoff championship game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta used 2.5 terabytes of data, less than the 3.8 TB AT&T said it saw a year ago in Tampa. If there is a reason for the decline in AT&T DAS usage during Alabama's 26-23 overtime win over Georgia, it may be due to the fact that Mercedes-Benz Stadium has a state of the art Wi-Fi Read More>>
Commentary: More tech needed for signs
At the Minneapolis airport, I had just checked my bag and was looking for the departure gates, wondering which way to go since I remembered from a previous trip there was a choice of security lines. Turning to my left, my question was answered without having to dig out my phone to look at an app: Instead there was a huge neon green sign that said "Less than 10 minutes... all passengers, all Read More>>
Wi-Fi, DAS ready for CES crowds at Las Vegas Convention Center
Like the Rat Pack and the Riveria, bad wireless connectivity at CES is something that should be part of ancient Las Vegas history, thanks to the relatively new DAS and Wi-Fi networks that now cover the Las Vegas Convention Center. In December 2016, Cox Business/Hospitality Network and InSite Wireless Group finished the deployment of an $18 million neutral-host distrubuted antenna system (DAS) Read More>>
New report: U.S. Bank Stadium Wi-Fi network is ready for Super Bowl LII
There is nothing like hosting a Super Bowl to give your stadium network the ultimate stress test. But with Super Bowl LII (aka Super Bowl 52) on the near horizon, the Wi-Fi and cellular networks at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis seem more than ready to handle the demand, as we found out on a recent game-day visit. Our full in-depth report on the stadium's networks is the lead profile in our new Read More>>
NFL, Verizon announce new deal to bring live games to all mobile customers via Yahoo
The NFL and Verizon announced a deal Monday that will provide live streaming of in-market and national NFL games to any mobile device regardless of carrier, mainly via Verizon's Yahoo and Yahoo Sports platforms. The service is set to be available in January, for streaming of this year's NFL playoffs. According to the Wall Street Journal the deal is $2 billion for 5 years. Under the new plan Read More>>
Verizon: U.S. Bank Stadium DAS already seeing more traffic than Super Bowl 51
The trend of fans continuing to use more and more wireless data at big sporting events shows no sign of slowing down, especially after Verizon Wireless said that it's already seeing more cellular traffic at Vikings home games this year than it saw at Super Bowl 51. Verizon, which built the neutral-host distributed antenna system (DAS) for cellular carriers at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Read More>>
Stadium- and team-app builder Hopscotch adds $5 M in Series B funding
Hopscotch, one of the newer entrants in the team- and stadium-app development space, announced a $5 million Series B round of funding earlier this month, which the company said would be used to help support the rapid growth Hopscotch has seen over the past year. Founded in 2014 after a project with Madison Square Garden led CEO Laurence Sotsky to build a business around team and stadium apps, Read More>>
