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 experience soars with arrival of Wi-Fi at Montreal Canadiens’ Bell Centre
Fans of the National Hockey League's Montreal Canadiens finally have a technological stadium experience that matches the team's successful on-ice legacy, with the debut this season of a fan-facing Wi-Fi network that empowers a wide range of services meant to make the game-day experience second to none. As part of an announced $100 million refurbishing of the 20-year-old Bell Centre, the new Read More>>
Sporting Innovations’ lawsuit against former co-CEO is dismissed
The somewhat bizarre lawsuit brought last year by Kansas City-based Sporting Innovations against its former co-CEO Asim Pasha for allegedly conspiring to set up a competing firm using Sporting Innovations assets and intellectual property has been dismissed, with a stipulation that the firm cannot re-file similar charges at a later date. According to a document dated Feb. 29 provided to us by Read More>>
New Report: Super Bowl 50’s super wireless, under-seat Wi-Fi feature and more!
The record-setting wireless network consumption at Super Bowl 50 is one of the lead topics in our latest STADIUM TECH REPORT, our long-form publication that takes an in-depth look at the most important news of the stadium technology world, alongside some great in-depth profiles of successful stadium technology deployments. Download your free copy today! With fans consuming 26 terabytes of Read More>>
PGA bans fan mobile-device videos, audio recordings at all events
The PGA Tour has issued some new rules governing fan use of mobile devices during tournaments, including a new ban on any fan video or audio recording during any PGA tournament. In a press release titled "PGA TOUR expands use of mobile devices by spectators at PGA TOUR tournaments," the Tour claimed it was expanding the days and times fans could use their mobile devices to take photographs, but Read More>>
Wi-Fi for concourses, suites makes its debut at Daytona 500
Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines! Then connect to Wi-Fi! Fans at Sunday's Daytona 500 NASCAR season opener will be able to connect to free Wi-Fi services in the new, wide concourses, suites, and midway area of the newly refurbished Daytona International Speedway, thanks to a new deployment led by Arris International, using Wi-Fi gear from Ruckus Wireless, management software from Aptilo Read More>>
Super Bowl 50 app use sets Levi’s Stadium records, led by video watching and drink orders
As part of the Wi-Fi and cellular usage records set at Super Bowl 50, fans at Levi's Stadium also set new records for usage of the main stadium app features, including overall app adoption, viewing of action replays and Super Bowl commercials, and food and drink ordering. According to the San Francisco 49ers networking staff, 46 percent of the 71,088 fans at the game downloaded the Super Bowl Read More>>
AT&T brings DAS to Winter Park ski area
AT&T customers visiting the Winter Park and Mary Jane ski areas in Colorado this winter will have a better chance at getting those vacation selfies sent from the hill, thanks to a distributed antenna system (DAS) upgrade installed by AT&T. Prior to the snow flying, AT&T deployed 28 new antennas across six sectors as part of a DAS designed to bring better coverage to places where skiers Read More>>
Levi’s Stadium crowd sets single-day Wi-Fi record with 10.1 TB used at Super Bowl 50
The 71,088 fans at Levi's Stadium for Super Bowl 50 helped set a single-day record for Wi-Fi usage, with 10.1 terabytes of traffic on the stadium network, according to the NFL and the San Francisco 49ers network staff. According to figures provided to us by Roger Hacker, senior manager for corporate communications for the Niners, the Super Bowl 50 crowd broke last year's previous Wi-Fi record Read More>>
