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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Fan-facing Wi-Fi on hold as Coliseum gets ready for Rams’ return to Los Angeles
Normally when a new professional sports franchise comes to town or opens a new venue, preparations move into overdrive pretty quickly -- especially for infrastructure like luxury suites, Wi-Fi and DAS. But this is the Los Angeles Rams, and nothing about the team's trajectory is normal, including the technology. So after making good on a longstanding threat to move the team from St. Louis, owner Read More>>
Cleveland Browns: New YinzCam analytics platform produced $1 million+ in ROI
In sports it's one thing to have a great playbook, and quite another thing to have a team that can execute the plays. You can make a similar comparison to the state of sports business analytics -- teams and venues are awash these days in ways to collect digital data on fans. But not many teams have figured out how to act on that information to effectively improve the fan experience, and improve Read More>>
Denver’s Pepsi Center gets Avaya Wi-Fi network
Though it's been operating inside the building since earlier this year, the Avaya Wi-Fi network in Denver's Pepsi Center is official today, with a public announcement from stadium owners Kroenke Sports & Entertainment about the deployment. Home to the NBA's Nuggets and the NHL's Avalanche, the arena -- which seats 19,155 for hoops and 18,007 for hockey -- hosts more than 200 events per year, Read More>>
Commentary: Venues need to think of connectivity beyond the stadium walls
Last month, if you wanted a seat inside US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis you needed a getup like the one I’m wearing in the picture – including what you can’t see, the steel-toed shoes and the gloves that kept me from scratching any of the already-finished surfaces. Almost ready to open its doors, I can tell you that US Bank Stadium is a beauty, and that we’ll have a full report soon. For now enjoy Read More>>
Wi-Fi Analytics: Taking the first steps
Even though the physical construction and deployment of a fan-facing Wi-Fi network seems like the biggest challenge facing a stadium's information technology team, in reality everyone involved knows it's just step one. While turning on a live network is certainly a great accomplishment, once the data starts flowing the inevitable questions follow: Now that we have Wi-Fi, what do we do with it? Read More>>
SignalShare assets auction postponed as SignalShare files for bankruptcy
The planned auction of assets and contracts of Wi-Fi provider SignalShare is now on hold, due to a bankruptcy filing by SignalShare in New Jersey, according to auctioneers hired by NFS Leasing, a company that is suing SignalShare for $7.8 million over alleged fraudulent activities. In an email Thursday, the auction company said NFS was postponing the planned July 14 auction, which sought to Read More>>
Stadium Tech Report: Buffalo Bills bridge Wi-Fi gap with Extreme Networks
When the Buffalo Bills undertook a $130 million renovation of Ralph Wilson Stadium in 2014, it was only natural to take took a look at the venue's communications and networking infrastructure. They knew fans entering a newly modernized sports entertainment facility would have higher expectations about Internet access and connectivity. And there were some back-of-the-house challenges that needed Read More>>
Minnesota Twins’ Target Field: Photo Essay and Wi-Fi tests
During Mobile Sports Report's visit to Minneapolis earlier this summer, we had a free afternoon so we took the public tour of the Minnesota Twins' Target Field, home of the 2014 MLB All Star Game. Though it was a kind of drizzly day we still got a lot of looks (and tests) of the thing we came to see: The park's new Wi-Fi and DAS networks, which were operational and since it was an empty house, Read More>>
