FLAGSHIP SERIES: STADIUM TECH REPORTS
New Report: Record Wi-Fi at Super Bowl 53, and Wi-Fi and DAS for Colorado’s Folsom Field
MOBILE SPORTS REPORT is pleased to announce the Spring 2019 issue of our STADIUM TECH REPORT series, the ONLY in-depth publication created specifically for the stadium technology professional and the stadium technology marketplace. Our string of historical in-depth profiles of successful stadium technology deployments continues with reports from the record-setting Wi-Fi day at Super Bowl 53, a look at the network Read More>>
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Cisco brings fan-facing Wi-Fi to Pebble Beach for U.S. Open
Fans at the recent U.S. Open golf championship at Pebble Beach were treated to an on-course Wi-Fi network from Cisco, as part of a sponsorship partnership between Cisco and the U.S. Golf Association. As the official technology partner for the USGA and its championships, Cisco said it set out with the goal to make this year's 119th U.S. Open the "most connected" in the event's history, mainly Read More>>
Broncos Stadium at Mile High sees 12.63 TB of Wi-Fi during Garth Brooks show
The Garth Brooks show in Denver June 8 saw fans use a venue-best 12.68 terabytes of data on the Wi-Fi network at Broncos Stadium at Mile High, according to figures provided by the team's IT department. In what sounds like a great time for both attendees and the performer (see Tweet below) there were 48,442 unique devices connected at some point during the night, according to figures sent our Read More>>
WaitTime arrives at Sydney Cricket Ground
Monitors powered by WaitTime showing fans how much time they might spend getting concessions are now live at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Australia, another big deal for the fan-services startup. With 59 dedicated monitors positioned around the 46,000-seat venue in Moor Park, Australia, WaitTime can let fans know in real time how long it might take them to get something from a nearby concession Read More>>
Federated Wireless completes ESC network for CBRS
Federated Wireless announced Monday the completion of its environmental sensing capability (ESC) network, in what may be one of the final stepping stones toward commercial deployments of networks in the CBRS band. Under the unique shared-spectrum licensing structure of the CBRS (Citizens Broadband Radio Service) band, a swath of 150 MHz in the 3.5 GHz range, an ESC network must be in place to Read More>>
Self-serve concession kiosks seem set to arrive in more stadiums
In what might seem like an overdue no-brainer strategy shift, it's a good bet that more stadiums are going to start adding self-serve concession stand kiosks, where fans can use digital display systems to order and pay for food more quickly than standing in a human-powered line. Some recent news and analysis from two of the top operators in the venue concessions point-of-sale systems arena -- Read More>>
AT&T sees 2.5 TB of DAS traffic at men’s Final Four championship game
In addition to the big Wi-Fi numbers seen at the NCAA men's 2019 basketball championship game, AT&T said it saw 2.5 terabytes of data used by its customers on its DAS network at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis for the final game of the men's Final Four weekend. The neutral-host DAS in U.S. Bank Stadium, which is operated by Verizon, tested strong during MSR's visit to the Final Four -- we saw Read More>>
Colorado brings Wi-Fi and DAS to Folsom Field
There will be a change in the air at Folsom Field this fall, and not just from the team that new head coach Mel Tucker will lead onto the gridiron. For the first time, the mile-high atmosphere inside the University of Colorado's historic venue will be filled with fan-facing Wi-Fi and cellular signals, thanks to new networks being installed this offseason by third-party host Neutral Connect Read More>>
Commentary: Cheer, Cheer for old Wi-Fi
News item: Super Bowl 53 sees 24 terabytes of Wi-Fi data used. Second news item: Final Four weekend sees 31.2 terabytes of Wi-Fi data used. Even as people across the wireless industry seem ready to dig Wi-Fi's grave, the view from here is not only is Wi-Fi's imminent death greatly exaggerated, things may actually be heading in the other direction -- Wi-Fi's last-mile and in-building Read More>>
