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 Arena lights up on Vegas Strip
Though we haven't yet been to a live event at T-Mobile Arena, a summertime visit to the new venue revealed a sparkling 20,000-seat arena with a well-planned Wi-Fi network that seems ready to handle the expected crowds that will soon repeatedly fill the venue. Thanks to a personal technology tour hosted by Cox Business, the entity behind the Wi-Fi network at T-Mobile Arena, we saw many of the Read More>>
Colorado passes on full-stadium Wi-Fi or DAS for Folsom Field
With a No. 9 ranking in all the major polls, the University of Colorado football team is experiencing a resurgence this season, which may lead to a rare CU sellout for this weekend's final home game against Pac-12 rival Utah. While the Buffs' on-field performance in 2016 may have ended years of fan frustration, the 50,000+ fans expected to be in attendance at Folsom Field this Saturday may Read More>>
5 Bars, JMA Wireless, Cisco part of Wi-Fi and DAS at new Colorado State stadium
Network components haven't yet been installed at the new under-construction football stadium at Colorado State University -- but when they do, integrator 5 Bars and wireless suppliers JMA Wireless and Cisco will all be part of the fan-facing Wi-Fi and DAS networks, according to the companies. Scheduled to open in time for next year's football season, the yet-unnamed new stadium is a busy Read More>>
Seahawks see 4.1 TB of Wi-Fi usage for Monday Night game vs. Bills
With the Seahawks starting to gain momentum for another playoff push, the Wi-Fi network at their home of CenturyLink Field is getting a good workout as well, with 4.10 terabytes of data used during Seattle's 31-25 win over the Buffalo Bills on Nov. 7. The Monday Night Football game, an exciting, close contest, also saw a total of 35,808 unique clients and a peak concurrent user number of 23,281 Read More>>
Verizon: Series fans used 5.3 TB of cellular data at Wrigley Field, 15.4 TB at Progressive Field
We now have the Verizon Wireless stats for cellular usage by fans at Chicago's Wrigley Field during the recent World Series, and according to Verizon fans on its cellular network in the stadium used a total of 5.3 terabytes of data for the three games at the Friendly Confines. Verizon also said that for the four games at the Cleveland Indians' Progressive Field, Verizon saw a combined 15.4 TB of Read More>>
AT&T: College and pro football crowds have used 37 TB of cellular data this year, almost double from 2015
At about the halfway point for the football season, AT&T said it has seen 37 terabytes of traffic on its stadium wireless networks so far, for both college and professional games combined. If the total tonnage doesn't mean that much to you, consider a related data point that should give stadium network managers pause: According to AT&T, so far this year it has seen 85 percent more data used at Read More>>
Cubs see 3 TB of cellular data on AT&T network during World Series games at Wrigley
As expected, the just-concluded 2016 World Series between the Chicago Cubs and the Cleveland Indians saw big totals for in-stadium wireless data use, with AT&T customers using almost 5 terabytes of total data, with 3 TB recorded during the three games at Chicago's Wrigley Field and another 2 TB in the four games at Cleveland's Progressive Field. According to statistics of traffic on AT&T's DAS Read More>>
The MSR Interview: San Francisco Giants CIO Bill Schlough
Who better to talk about stadium Wi-Fi than the guy who was there when it all started? Our guest for our first MSR Interview (part of our Stadium Tech Report Podcast series) is San Francisco Giants senior vice president and chief information officer Bill Schlough, who goes old-school talking about stadium Wi-Fi back in 2004... and brings it to the current day with stats from the most recent season Read More>>
