FLAGSHIP SERIES: STADIUM TECH REPORTS
Wi-Fi scores like Villanova during Final Four at Alamodome
SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- The new and temporary Wi-Fi networks inside the Alamodome were as hot as national champion Villanova Monday night, with many speedtest marks in the 50-60 Mbps range for both download and upload throughout many points in the stadium. We'll have more details and perhaps some final tonnage numbers coming soon, but before we crash late night here in the Alamo city, where Mobile Sports Report was Read More>>
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Cranes, dust dominate Los Angeles venue sites
Three Los Angeles-areas venues are under construction for soccer, football and the 2028 Summer Olympics. Between the cranes, earthmovers and swarms of fluorescent vests, you'd be forgiven for mistaking the Los Angeles basin for a construction zone. Sporting-wise, there are three construction zones, including a new stadium for a Major League Soccer latest expansion franchise, the venerable Read More>>
New Report: Wi-Fi scores at Final Four, Vegas Knights get more Wi-Fi, and more!
A live in-person report of the Wi-Fi network performance at this year's Final Four is just the beginning of our latest STADIUM TECH REPORT, the ONLY in-depth publication created specifically for the stadium technology professional and the stadium technology marketplace. Mobile Sports Report traveled this spring to San Antonio, Texas, to get a firsthand look at the new networks installed at the Read More>>
Wrigley Field gets new DAS in time for Cubs’ home opener
After some construction delays that no Chicago Cubs fans minded, the Friendly Confines of Wrigley Field will have a new high-performance distributed antenna system (DAS) operational for Monday's scheduled Cubs home opener for the 2018 season. Designed and deployed by DAS Group Professionals, the new in-stadium cellular network was originally scheduled to be ready by last year; but when the Read More>>
Wi-Fi scores like Villanova during Final Four at Alamodome
SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- The new and temporary Wi-Fi networks inside the Alamodome were as hot as national champion Villanova Monday night, with many speedtest marks in the 50-60 Mbps range for both download and upload throughout many points in the stadium. We'll have more details and perhaps some final tonnage numbers coming soon, but before we crash late night here in the Alamo city, where Read More>>
SEAT founder launches venue business-strategy firm
Christine Stoffel, founder of the popular SEAT conference, has banded together with some top sports & entertainment industry executives to form The Executive Advocates (TEA), a venue business-strategy consulting firm with a wide menu of potential services. Joining Stoffel in the founding of TEA are partners Katee Panter and Douglas Moss; Denise Taylor, CIO for Westfield Inc., will serve as an Read More>>
Gold-medal wireless discovered at PyeongChang Winter Olympics
When I saw Chloe Kim's now-famous "hangry" tweet hit the Internet, I wasn't so much amazed that an Olympic athlete would tweet in the middle of competition -- I was more stunned that on a ski hill she could tweet, obviously without any connectivity issues. Wish I finished my breakfast sandwich but my stubborn self decided not to and now I'm getting hangry— Chloe Kim (@chloekimsnow) Read More>>
San Antonio Spurs refresh mobile app with new features from YinzCam
The San Antonio Spurs announced a new version of the team's mobile app, which includes new features both for fans attending Spurs home games at AT&T Center as well as for fans following the team remotely. The new features were added to the app by developer YinzCam, which also designed previous versions of the team's app. According to YinzCam and the Spurs, a new interface designed for clarity Read More>>
Average per-fan Wi-Fi use total jumps again at Super Bowl 52
After a year where the actual amount of average Wi-Fi data used per connected fan at the Super Bowl dropped, the trend of more data used per fan reversed itself again to a new peak at Super Bowl 52, with an average total of 407.4 megabytes per user. Even though the number of unique connections to the Wi-Fi network at U.S. Bank Stadium for Super Bowl 52 also increased to a record 40,033 users Read More>>
