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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UPDATE: Top 4 carriers combine for 15.9 TB of cellular data use at Super Bowl 50
UPDATE, 2/8/16, 1:50 p.m. -- We now have data totals in from all four of the major U.S. cellular carriers, and at Sunday's Super Bowl 50, fans combined to use 15.9 terabytes of data on the networks in and directly around Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. Leading the way in usage was Verizon Wireless with a claim of 7 TB used by its customers; AT&T was next with 5.2 TB of claimed usage, Read More>>
Commentary: Super Bowl 50 and the pursuit of stadium network statistics
If there's one person who didn't get enough recognition in the run-up to today's Super Bowl 50 at Levi's Stadium, it's Dan Williams, the former director of information technology for the Niners and the man who was largely behind the venue's celebrated network design. From our standpoint, Williams deserves credit not just for leading the deployment of a stadium network that set the standard for Read More>>
NFL’s CIO sees Levi’s Stadium as leader in connected-stadium future
Even though Sunday's Super Bowl 50 has long meant a packed schedule for her, NFL CIO Michelle McKenna-Doyle is happiest this week about what she and her team didn't have to do -- namely, they didn't need to supervise any technology makeovers to Levi's Stadium since the well-connected venue was "big game" ready from the moment it opened its doors. "This is the first Super Bowl since I've been Read More>>
Arizona Cardinals: Fans used 2.9 TB of Wi-Fi at playoff game vs. Green Bay
During the exciting 26-20 overtime win over the Green Bay Packers that sent the Arizona Cardinals to the NFC championship game, fans at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., used 2.9 terabytes of Wi-Fi on the stadium network, according to the Cardinals. Mark Feller, vice president of information technology for the Cardinals, said that during the Jan. 16 game the network also saw Read More>>
Niners: All (tech) systems go at Levi’s Stadium for Super Bowl 50
As far as the technology at Levi's Stadium is concerned, it's all systems go for Sunday's Super Bowl 50, according to San Francisco 49ers chief operating officer Al Guido. In a phone interview with Mobile Sports Report, Guido said the 2-year-old stadium's vaunted technology underpinnings -- especially the wireless connectivity for fans -- is ready to go for the NFL's biggest yearly event, after Read More>>
Stadium Tech Report: Connectivity soars at Denver Broncos’ Sports Authority Field at Mile High
On most of our stadium visits, we have to wait until we get inside the venue to start testing the network. At Sports Authority Field at Mile High, however, we barely got out of the car before the Wi-Fi auto-connected -- at superb speeds. Nothing like a network that announces itself before you get in the door. The parking-lot connection -- at a download speed of 45.48 Mbps and an upload speed of Read More>>
UPDATE: Super Bowl 50 stadium app will only support in-seat beverage delivery
UPDATE, 1/29/16, 11 a.m. -- One of the most interesting features of Levi's Stadium and its ground-breaking stadium app -- the ability for fans to order food and beverages on their phones and have them delivered to any seat in the stadium -- will be only half-enabled as part of the Super Bowl 50 app, with beverages the only items available to be delivered to fans in their seats. While the app Read More>>
Verizon puts cellular antennas under seats to improve Levi’s Stadium DAS ahead of Super Bowl 50
In a first for distributed antenna system (DAS) deployments, Verizon Wireless is using under-seat antenna deployments in Levi's Stadium to increase capacity for Super Bowl 50, according to a Verizon executive interviewed Wednesday. Brian Mecum, vice president, network for Verizon Wireless, said in a phone interview that large amounts of wireless traffic at last year's Super Bowl spurred Verizon Read More>>
