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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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SEC joins Pac-12, Big Ten with conference-only football schedule
July 30, 2020 By Paul Kapustka Leave a Comment
There's still no guarantee that any games will be played at all due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, but in case college football does return the SEC announced Thursday that it would play a conference-only schedule starting Sept. 26. A release from the Southeastern Conference said "The 2020 SEC football season will be comprised of a 10-game Conference-only schedule and the SEC Football Read More>>
MLB cancels games after Marlins suffer Covid-19 outbreak
July 27, 2020 By Paul Kapustka Leave a Comment
Could the Major League Baseball season be over before it even really got started? After a dozen players and staff on the Miami Marlins tested positive for Covid-19, MLB canceled two games on Monday and all around the nation sports observers were calling for the league to end its season before things got worse. Unlike the NBA and the NHL -- major pro sports that are trying to finish their Read More>>
Indy 500 unveils plans for 25 percent fan capacity at Aug. 23 race
July 21, 2020 By Paul Kapustka Leave a Comment
The delayed Indianapolis 500 has a plan to be able to host fans up to 25 percent of the venue's capacity for the Aug. 23 race, according to a statement released Tuesday by the Penske Entertainment Corp., which owns the track. According to a report in the Indianapolis Star that percentage translates to a crowd of approximately 87,500 people. According to the speedway, fans will be required to Read More>>
No fans at MetLife Stadium for Jets or Giants ‘until further notice’
July 20, 2020 By Paul Kapustka Leave a Comment
Add the New York Jets and the New York Giants to the list of NFL teams that won't have fans in the stands if games take place this season. In a joint announcement the teams said that due to restrictions set by N.J. Governor Phil Murphy to deal with the Covid-19 crisis, a limit of 500 people at outdoor gatherings would apply to any games being held at MetLife Stadium. To comply with those Read More>>
Philly city officials say no fans at Eagles games this season; Update: Wait, maybe!
July 14, 2020 By Paul Kapustka Leave a Comment
Philadelphia city officials on Tuesday said fans would not be allowed to attend professional sports events, meaning that there will be no fans in the stands at Lincoln Financial Field if and when NFL games take place this season. But on Wednesday, the city backtracked a bit, with a "maybe" statement from the mayor's office. According to a report in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia health Read More>>
What’s Next: The uncertain path forward in the ‘Return to Venues’
July 13, 2020 By Paul Kapustka Leave a Comment
As the world endures the summer of the global coronavirus pandemic, there is only one thing certain in the world of large public venues and mass-attendance events: Nobody, anywhere, has any complete idea what is going on right now, or exactly what the future holds for live audiences at sporting events or concerts. To be sure, sports of all kinds are starting to test the waters on how they might Read More>>
Big Ten, Pac-12 move to conference-only schedules for fall sports
July 10, 2020 By Paul Kapustka Leave a Comment
In what may eventually be just an interim step before outright cancellations, the Big Ten and Pac-12 conferences both announced this week plans to move to conference-only schedules for fall sports, which in immediate news meant that a significant number of non-conference football games are now canceled. Both the Big Ten statement from Thursday and the Pac-12 statement from Friday contained Read More>>
Chiefs, Ravens unveil limited-capacity seating plans for 2020 season
July 8, 2020 By Paul Kapustka Leave a Comment
While there's still no guarantee that the NFL will play games at all this fall, or allow fans to attend if they do, two more teams -- the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs and the Baltimore Ravens -- have announced plans for limited-capacity stadium seating if the games take place. While the Chiefs' statement did not announce a number, the Ravens' announcement did say that if fans were Read More>>