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New Report: What’s Next for venues in the face of Covid-19; plus profiles of Globe Life Field and Dodger Stadium
STADIUM TECH REPORT is pleased to announce the Summer 2020 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 stories for this issue include our first comprehensive look at how venue owners and operators, and teams and schools, might find a way back to live action and fans in stadiums Read More>>
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Big Ten votes to start football season in late October
In a somewhat stunning reversal, the Big Ten conference Wednesday had a unanimous vote from chancellors and presidents to start its football season the weekend of Oct. 23, after first suspending the season on Aug. 11, due to the coronavirus pandemic. While the Big Ten cited improved medical testing and screening as part of the reason why it reversed its earlier decision, reporting from Sportico Read More>>
Weekend update: Some college football fans seem to ignore Covid-19 precautions
Well, the first "real" weekend of limited-audience experiments in college and pro football is now in the books, and from a fan-compliance standpoint, it is still very much a work in progress. While Mobile Sports Report wasn't able to be at any of the games live, we did try to keep a finger on the pulse of what was happening via news reports and Twitter posts, the latter of course are always Read More>>
Montreal Impact picks Aruba for new Wi-Fi network at Saputo Stadium
When fans are allowed back into Saputo Stadium, home of Major League Soccer's Montreal Impact, at some future point they will be able to connect to a new Wi-Fi network using gear from Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company. The ongoing deployment, announced today in a press release, will use approximately 250 802.11ac Wave 2 (aka Wi-Fi 5) APs to cover the 19,000-plus seat venue, according Read More>>
Kentucky Derby to run without fans
Reversing course from several previously planned options to include fans at this year's race, the Kentucky Derby announced that the Sept. 5 event will now be held without fans, due to safety concerns over the Covid-19 pandemic. "With the current significant increases in COVID-19 cases in Louisville as well as across the region, we needed to again revisit our planning," the race said in a Read More>>
Pac-12 suspends all sports through end of 2020
Following closely on the heels of the Big Ten, the Pac-12 conference Tuesday suspended all sports through the end of 2020, due to the ongoing complications of the Covid-19 pandemic. “All of the Pac-12 presidents and chancellors understand the importance of this decision, and the disappointment it will create for our student-athletes, the coaches, support staff and all of our fans,” said Michael Read More>>
Big Ten postpones fall sports, including football, due to Covid-19 pandemic
The seemingly inevitable became fact Tuesday, when the Big Ten conference announced it was postponing all fall sports, including football, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. “The mental and physical health and welfare of our student-athletes has been at the center of every decision we have made regarding the ability to proceed forward,” said Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren in the statement posted Read More>>
Mountain West, Mid-American conferences postpone fall sports; are Big Ten and Pac-12 next?
The Mountain West conference on Monday postponed all fall sports, including football, joining the Mid-American conference as the first FBS conferences to rule out games this fall due to the coronavirus pandemic. And even as foobtall insiders and some politicians called for college football to be played even in the face of rising numbers of Americans testing positive for the disease, rumors Read More>>
Boingo to bring Wi-Fi 6, DAS to Austin FC’s new stadium
Austin FC has selected Boingo to deliver a neutral-host distributed antenna system and a Wi-Fi 6 network for the club's new stadium, which is slated to open next year during Austin FC's inaugural season in Major League Soccer. While all scheduled things for sports and stadiums are currently "pending" due to the coronavirus pandemic, for right now the new venue located in the north-central part Read More>>
