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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Super Bowl app will have ‘celebrity cam’ as well as Super Bowl commercials
The full official details aren't out yet, but VenueNext CEO John Paul said that the forthcoming Super Bowl 50 stadium app will have a live-streaming "celebrity cam" to watch celebs at the event, and it will also have Super Bowl commercials available for in-stadium viewing shortly after they are shown on broadcast TV. Paul revealed the teaser details in a podcast hosted by our old friend Fred Read More>>
Verizon: Denver fans used 2.87 TB of wireless data during AFC championship; AT&T also sets DAS traffic records at both Sunday games
During their team's exciting 20-18 victory over the New England Patriots Sunday, Denver Broncos fans who are Verizon Wireless customers used 2.87 terabytes of wireless data, according to Verizon. That total includes 1.7 TB used on the Verizon-only Wi-Fi network at Sports Authority Field at Mile High, and another 1.17 TB of data on the Verizon LTE DAS network at the stadium. Also on Sunday, at Read More>>
Your Levi’s Stadium technology primer: Everything you need to know about wireless technology at the site of Super Bowl 50!
With Super Bowl 50 two weeks away there is going to be increased interest about whether or not Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., host site of the event, is "the most technologically advanced" athletic venue. Here at Mobile Sports Report, we have spent the better part of the last two years researching and reporting on Levi's Stadium and all its technical components, attending multiple events Read More>>
T-Mobile buys naming rights to new MGM/AEG Las Vegas arena
The new 20,000-seat arena being built by MGM and AEG on the Las Vegas strip now has a title name -- the T-Mobile Arena, thanks to a naming sponsorship bought by the wireless carrier for an undisclosed amount. Set to open in April, the new multi-purpose arena will be draped in the familiar magenta hues of T-Mobile branding and also offer "unique benefits" for T-Mobile customers who attend events Read More>>
Sporting Innovations changes name to FanThreeSixty, no news on lawsuit
Kansas City-based sports app developer Sporting Innovations has changed its name to FanThreeSixty, a brand change for what the company calls the desire to create "a more direct connection to its award-winning FanThreeSixty platform." However, it's also possible that the name change is part of a strategy to distance the company from an ongoing legal battle between current FanThreeSixty CEO and Read More>>
Facebook introduces ‘Sports Stadium’ game-day environment to join second-screen battle
Facebook is getting into the game-day sports conversation market with the introduction today of the Facebook Sports Stadium, "a dedicated place to experience sports in real-time with your friends and the world." While there is certainly no shortage of places online for live, game-day sports chatter -- probably starting first with Twitter -- the sheer reach of Facebook and its Read More>>
Texas A&M’s Kyle Field: A network built for speed
Is there a combined stadium Wi-Fi and DAS deployment that is as fast as the one found at Texas A&M's Kyle Field? If so, we haven't seen or heard of it. In fact, after reviewing loads of live network-performance data of Kyle Field’s new Wi-Fi and DAS in action, and after maxing out the top levels on our speed tests time after time during an informal walk-around on a game day, we’ve come to the Read More>>
Fans at College Football Playoff championship game use 4.9 TB of Wi-Fi data, 3.9 TB of DAS from AT&T and Verizon
The exciting national championship game Monday night between Alabama and Clemson also resulted in a big night for Wi-Fi and cellular usage at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., with 4.9 terabytes of Wi-Fi data consumed, according to stadium network officials. While the number didn't set a stadium record -- the 6.23 TB of Wi-Fi used at Super Bowl XLIX last February in the same Read More>>
