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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T-Mobile joins DAS at Texas A&M’s Kyle Field
The DAS network at Texas A&M University's Kyle Field will now support T-Mobile cellular customers, according to an announcement from the school. According to Texas A&M, T-Mobile will pay $3.5 million to have its signals carried on the DAS inside the 102,512-seat Kyle Field. Previously, AT&T and Verizon Wireless had paid $5 million each to be the first carriers on the stadium's new DAS, which Read More>>
LA Chargers name IBM’s Jim Rushton as chief revenue officer
Jim Rushton, the former Miami Dolphins exec who became the leader of IBM's stadium technology-integration program, has now joined the Los Angeles Chargers as the team's chief revenue officer, according to a post on the team's website. We're still trying to reach out to Rushton for more info, but it's unclear yet as to what effect his departure will have on IBM's stadium networking business, Read More>>
Kentucky Derby app adds more content for version 2.0
Call it a content-focused refresh -- the Kentucky Derby app developed for Churchill Downs by VenueNext will add several new features for race-day fans, including live odds and betting tips. The mobile app, which debuted at last year's race, will once again offer the ability to place bets from within the app, so the new content may help produce more winners if the betting tips are correct. Also Read More>>
Nuggets game visit shows Wi-Fi solid at Denver’s Pepsi Center
About one year into its existence, the fan-facing Wi-Fi network at Denver's Pepsi Center seems to be in fine working order, at least as far as we could tell by a visit during the last Denver Nuggets home game of the just-finished NBA regular season. With speed tests showing download speeds of almost 70 Mbps in one spot on the concourse and solid, high-teens numbers in upper deck seats, the Read More>>
AT&T beefs up ski resort reception with stealthy DAS
In order to improve cellular reception at the Copper Mountain ski area, AT&T this winter installed a stealthy seven-antenna DAS in several base-area locations, including inside ski-lodge buildings and inside a rooftop cupola. According to Quin Gelfand, a senior real estate and construction manager for AT&T's Antenna Solutions Group, the mountain had previously been served only by a single macro Read More>>
Stadium Tech Report: Sharks bite into digital future with new Wi-Fi, app strategy for SAP Center
Here's a dirty secret about Silicon Valley sports: Even in this birthplace of the digital era, the hometown hockey arena has historically had some of the worst mobile connectivity around. Despite the fact that loyal hockey fans always faithfully filled the seats to support their San Jose Sharks, the building now known as the SAP Center somehow never had the kind of wireless network you'd think Read More>>
More Wi-Fi consolidation as Riverbed acquires Xirrus
Network management company Riverbed announced a definitive agreement to acquire Wi-Fi provider Xirrus, for an undisclosed fee. The move is just the latest in a string of acquisitions of standalone Wi-Fi companies, following Hewlett Packard's purchase of Aruba in 2015 and the journeys of Ruckus Wireless, which was first bought by Brocade and is now on its way to being a part of Arris. While Read More>>
Braves see 8.4 TB of Wi-Fi data used at SunTrust Park’s opening weekend
The Atlanta Braves and Wi-Fi provider partner Comcast Business claim that there was 8.4 terabytes of data used on the Wi-Fi network at SunTrust Park and in the surrounding "Battery" public areas during the opening weekend for the Braves' new home stadium. According to the Braves and Comcast the networks inside and outside the new ballpark saw 5.3 TB of Wi-Fi used on April 14, the park's first Read More>>
