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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Optical fiber, under-seat Wi-Fi will power wireless connectivity at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Once just a series of drawings on a blueprint, Atlanta's new Mercedes-Benz Stadium is getting more real by the day, with walls being added to steel beams, and wires for the internal networks being pulled into place. Though the June 2017 opening day still is many months away, thanks to thoughtful planning many elements of the stadium's network have already been tested, thanks to a facility Read More>>
Dolphins offer SunPass electronic-payment parking option for NFL, college games
The ease of automatic electronic tollroad payments is now coming to sports stadiums, with the Miami Dolphins' announcement of SunPass electronic payment parking options for fans attending NFL and college football games at Hard Rock Stadium this fall. Like other tollroad payment systems, the SunPass used in south Florida requires a transponder in users' cars, and that transponder will be Read More>>
Comcast bringing backbone bandwith to NRG Stadium Wi-Fi
With the new Wi-Fi network just getting ready to go live at Houston's NRG Stadium, Comcast announced that it will provide backbone bandwidth to the network under a sponsorship deal, with two 100-gig pipes that will both be available to the stadium facility. Michael Bybee, a Houston-based director of external affairs for Comcast, said the company has a large fiber network throughout the Houston Read More>>
AT&T: Dems top Republicans for convention wireless data use
There's an early winner in this year's election race, at least when it comes to wireless data use: According to AT&T, the Democrats used a total of 5.4 terabytes of data on AT&T networks inside the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia during their convention, compared to 2.8 TB used by the Republicans during their convention at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. Do the traffic totals mean anything Read More>>
US Bank Stadium opens with packed house for soccer game, packed lines for trains
The grand opening event for US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis was futbol, not football, but the friendly between legendary clubs AC Milan and Chelsea still provided a packed house as 64,101 fans filled the Vikings' new home Wednesday in what local media reports called a generally successful debut. With any new stadium -- and especially with flashy new stadiums like US Bank -- there are always Read More>>
Pepsi Center partners with ParkHub for digital parking experience
Fans coming to Denver's Pepsi Center this fall will be able to prepurchase parking tickets and get mobile-device directions to their reserved spot, as part of a wide-ranging digital parking system from stadium parking technology startup ParkHub. In a release today, Kroenke Sports and Entertainment (KSE) -- owners of the Pepsi Center as well as the main tenants, the NBA's Denver Nuggets and the Read More>>
Wi-Fi a winner at Avaya Stadium’s MLS All-Star game
On the pitch it was the Arsenal lads emerging victorious over by a 2-1 score over the Major League Soccer All-Stars, but in the stands it was Avaya Stadium's Wi-Fi network that won the day at the 2016 MLS All-Star game Thursday in San Jose, Calif. Unlike a year ago at the Avaya Stadium opening, when we found the fan-facing Wi-Fi a bit lacking, the Wi-Fi network performed at top speeds for Read More>>
Survey says 75 percent of major sports arenas have Wi-Fi
MOBILE SPORTS REPORT is pleased to announce the STATE OF THE STADIUM TECHNOLOGY SURVEY 2016, our fourth annual look at technology deployments in major stadiums and arenas. Inside the report we have replies from more than 90 leading sports venues to get a snapshot of technology deployments in several categories, including Wi-Fi, DAS, Analytics, Fan Engagement and Digital Signage. Our survey and Read More>>
