FLAGSHIP SERIES: STADIUM TECH REPORTS
New Report: Nebraska’s Memorial Stadium profile, Wrigley Wi-Fi and more!
MOBILE SPORTS REPORT is pleased to announce the Fall 2018 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 large collegiate football stadiums, a new basketball arena, an old Read More>>
All MSR Blog Posts
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>>
Mercedes-Benz Stadium Wi-Fi saw 12 TB of data used at January’s college championship
The Wi-Fi network at Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium saw 12 terabytes of data used at the 2018 College Football Playoff championship on Jan. 8, 2018, according to officals from the Atlanta Falcons, owners and operators of this city's new distinctive venue. We'd long suspected that Mercedes-Benz Stadium, which opened in August of 2017, had seen big data days inside the 71,000-seat arena with its Read More>>
NFL CIO: Mercedes-Benz Stadium’s wireless is ‘ready for the Super Bowl’
The wireless networks at Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium are "ready for the Super Bowl," according to Michelle McKenna-Doyle, senior vice president and chief information officer for the NFL, who spoke to Mobile Sports Report via phone last week. Though McKenna-Doyle would not comment on any of the particulars of the recent lawsuit filed by IBM against Corning that revolves around issues with Read More>>
MSR News Wire: Aruba introduces new series of 802.11ax access points
Editor's note: Welcome to a new feature for Mobile Sports Report, the MSR News Wire, in which MSR will now post press releases from companies in the stadium technology sector. These releases are prepared by the companies, and are NOT an MSR editorial product. For information on how to get your company releases on the MSR News Wire, please contact Paul Kapustka at kaps at Read More>>
CommScope buying Arris (and Ruckus) for $7.4 B
CommScope announced today its intent to acquire Arris International for $7.4 billion, a move that would also bring in Wi-Fi vendor Ruckus, an asset that could help turn CommScope into a single-stop shop for large public venue connectivity products and services. Financial details are available in the official announcement, but what will be more interesting will be how CommScope now markets Read More>>
VenueNext, SeatGeek part of new app for Minnesota United FC
The Minnesota United football club has chosen stadium- and team-app provider VenueNext to build a new app for next season, when the MLS team moves into its new home, Allianz Field. According to an announcement from the team, the app will also include SeatGeek's ticketing technology, the first time VenueNext has directly integrated SeatGeek into one of its team apps. So far we don't have any Read More>>
IBM sues Corning over ‘botched’ Mercedes-Benz Stadium DAS deployment
IBM has filed suit against Corning in Georgia federal court, claiming that Corning "botched" the design for the cellular distributed antenna system installed at the Atlanta Falcons' Mercedes-Benz Stadium, according to court documents first reported on Law360.com. According to the court filing, IBM basically alleges that Corning failed to deliver a working DAS for the Falcons' new home, which Read More>>
Big Wi-Fi numbers for Big Red fans at Nebraska’s Memorial Stadium
When you visit Memorial Stadium in Lincoln Neb. you can't avoid a history of devotion to football and fans. The stadium itself still contains much of its old bones dating back to its inception in 1923, and when the red-clad faithful assemble for their football ceremonies, you can see generations of fans loyal to the Cornhuskers streaming in to fill the nearly 90,000 available seats. Aside from Read More>>
