FLAGSHIP SERIES: STADIUM TECH REPORTS
Notre Dame’s new Wi-Fi, Mercedes-Benz Stadium first look — all in our new Stadium Tech Report!
We always get excited here at Mobile Sports Report when we have a new quarterly report out, but the stories, profiles and analysis in our Fall 2017 issue just may be our best-ever effort. With a detailed look at the new Wi-Fi network at Notre Dame Stadium, and a first look at the Atlanta Falcons' new Mercedes-Benz Stadium, our Fall 2017 issue starts off with a doubleheader of deep information profiles and it doesn't Read More>>
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Technology and Tradition: How Notre Dame Stadium got its Wi-Fi network
How do you bring new technology into a building and institution that embraces history as an integral part of its brand? There may be many answers but in the sports stadium world, Notre Dame’s renovation of its hallowed football stadium and the addition of high-speed Wi-Fi look like a good example for any other venues trying to solve the same issues. As part of its $400 million "Campus C Read More>>
Orlando City Stadium adds high-density Wi-Fi for soccer fans
Resilient. Connected. Reliable. Even before its new stadium opened in March of this year, Orlando City SC, the Major League Soccer franchise in central Florida, knew exactly what it wanted from fan-facing Wi-Fi. Leading that list was networking infrastructure to support the stadium’s 25,500 capacity. The team needed to be able to deliver live streaming video to fans through the team’s Lio Read More>>
Mobilitie brings interim Wi-Fi to L.A. Coliseum
Previously reliant solely on DAS coverage, the Los Angeles Coliseum added Wi-Fi coverage last November in the student section – about 7,500 seats on the bowl’s east side – thanks to a donation of equipment and labor by Mobilitie. The wireless services provider is also in the process of adding Wi-Fi to two sets of club suites -- behind the southern end-zone and on the deck of the Coliseum’s icon Read More>>
AT&T Stadium, Kyle Field lead in AT&T DAS football traffic
Two of the biggest stadiums in Texas, the Dallas Cowboys' AT&T Stadium and Kyle Field at Texas A&M, have seen the most AT&T cellular traffic on those stadiums' distributed antenna system (DAS) networks so far this football season, according to AT&T. According to statistics provided by AT&T, the Cowboys' home stadium has seen 4.82 terabytes of data for games through Oct. 5, leading all pro Read More>>
Bird of a different feather: Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium takes tech in a new direction
As you walk up to it, the striking angular architecture of Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium is a way of telling you, before you even set foot inside, that this building is different from any other stadium you may know. When you get inside, see the eight-petal roof and the circular video "halo board" right below it, those feelings are confirmed. Deeper inside the venue's construction, the theme Read More>>
Iowa’s Kinnick Stadium gets new DAS for 2017
Fans at the University of Iowa's Kinnick Stadium should finally have cellular connectivity this season, thanks to a new neutral-host DAS installed by Connectivity Wireless Solutions over the past offseason. Though we don't have any stats or speed test reports yet, Connectivity Wireless said the DAS was scheduled to begin operation at the start of the season, with fine-tuning taking place during Read More>>
Tom Petty remembered: 12 ‘other’ songs worth your time
Stepping a bit outside our normal lane here, but in case you didn't know it Mobile Sports Report (meaning me) has been a huge Tom Petty fan since 1979, so forgive me if we put stadium technology aside for just one post. Reading all the interesting stuff on the web today following Monday's sad passing of TP from this world, I noticed several "lists" of top Tom Petty songs and thought I would add my Read More>>
New Colorado State stadium has winning Wi-Fi network
Even though it's not completely finished, the Wi-Fi network at Colorado State University's new football stadium has already shown strong signs of promise, signaling a future with great connectivity for Rams fans at their new on-campus venue. Being built by integrator 5 Bars, the network is in its final phases of completion, with enough of it turned on to get some positive results in the first Read More>>
