FLAGSHIP SERIES: STADIUM TECH REPORTS
New Report: Texas A&M scores with new digital fan-engagement strategy
In the short history of in-stadium mobile fan engagement, a team or stadium app has been the go-to strategy for many venue owners and operators. But what if that strategy is wrong? That question gets an interesting answer with the lead profile in our most recent STADIUM TECH REPORT, the Winter 2018-19 issue! These quarterly long-form reports are designed to give stadium and large public venue owners and operators, Read More>>
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Corning seeks dismissal of IBM claims in Mercedes-Benz Stadium DAS lawsuit
Corning asked a Georgia court last week to dismiss the negligence and other claims filed against it last year by IBM in a lawsuit regarding the distributed antenna system (DAS) at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, claiming in part that IBM was responsible for any performance issues since it "failed to follow Corning's design," among other issues. Since neither side is speaking publicly yet about the Read More>>
Texas A&M’s mobile browser end-around: How the Aggies and AmpThink changed the game-day fan engagement process
In the short history of in-stadium mobile fan engagement, a team or stadium app has been the go-to strategy for many venue owners and operators. But what if that strategy is wrong? You can always count on team and stadium apps to be introduced with a long list of bells and whistles, from in-seat food ordering and delivery to digital ticketing, instant replay options and venue wayfinding Read More>>
Levi’s Stadium sees 5.1 TB of Wi-Fi data used at college football championship
Fans and media members at Monday night's College Football Playoff championship game used a total of 5.1 terabytes of data on the Wi-Fi network at Levi's Stadium, according to figures provided by the San Francisco 49ers, who own and run the venue. With 74,814 in attendance for Clemson's 44-16 victory over Alabama, 17,440 of those in the stands found their way onto the stadium's Wi-Fi network. Read More>>
Can virtualization help venues meet growing mobile capacity demands?
By Josh Adelson, director, Portfolio Marketing, CommScope U.S. mobile operators reported a combined 50 terabytes of cellular traffic during the 2018 Super Bowl, nearly doubling over the previous year. In fact, Super Bowl data consumption has doubled every year for at least the past 6 years and it shows no sign of slowing down. Clearly, fans love their LTE connections almost as much as they Read More>>
AT&T: Lots of DAS traffic for college football championship
This may not be a news flash to any stadium network operations team but the amount of mobile data consumed by fans at college football games continues to hit high levels, according to some new figures released by AT&T. In a press release blog post where AT&T said it saw 9 terabytes of cellular data used over the college football playoff championship-game weekend in the Bay area, AT&T also Read More>>
Notre Dame Stadium sees 4 TB of Wi-Fi used at NHL Winter Classic
It wasn't a record-setting day for the Wi-Fi network at Notre Dame Stadium, but the 4 terabytes of data used by fans at Tuesday's NHL Winter Classic continued a string of healthy wireless data use by attendees at the recently renovated venue. With 76,126 in attendance to watch the Boston Bruins beat the Chicago Blackhawks in the latest of the NHL's outdoor-arena games, some 17,000 unique Read More>>
New Report: Texas A&M scores with new digital fan-engagement strategy
In the short history of in-stadium mobile fan engagement, a team or stadium app has been the go-to strategy for many venue owners and operators. But what if that strategy is wrong? That question gets an interesting answer with the lead profile in our most recent STADIUM TECH REPORT, the Winter 2018-19 issue! These quarterly long-form reports are designed to give stadium and large public venue Read More>>
BYU scores with new Wi-Fi, app for LaVell Edwards Stadium
At Brigham Young University, the wait for Wi-Fi was worth it. After a selection and deployment process that took almost three years, the first full season of Wi-Fi at BYU's LaVell Edwards Stadium was a roaring success, with high fan adoption rates and a couple 6-plus terabyte single-game data totals seen during the 2018 football season. Using 1,241 APs from gear supplier Extreme Networks, the Read More>>
