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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Super Bowl 53 smashes Wi-Fi record with 24 TB of traffic at Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Super Bowl 53 at Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium rewrote the record book when it comes to single-day stadium Wi-Fi, with 24.05 terabytes of traffic seen on the stadium's network. That is a huge leap from the official 16.31 TB seen at last year's Super Bowl 52 in Minneapolis at U.S. Bank Stadium. According to official statistics provided by Extreme Networks, new high-water marks were set last Read More>>
Super Bowl cellular report: AT&T, Sprint combine for almost 50 TB of game-day traffic
Let the cellular traffic reports begin! AT&T is the first to report numbers for our annual unofficial tabulation of wireless traffic from the Super Bowl, with 11.5 terabytes of data in and around Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium for Sunday's Super Bowl 53. While the New England Patriots' 13-3 victory over the Los Angeles Rams can and will be debated for its entertainment value (or lack thereof), Read More>>
Impressive renovation makes Atlanta Hawks’ State Farm Arena feel ‘new’ again
From the outside looking in, it's hard to tell what has changed besides the name on the building that is the Atlanta Hawks' home. But once inside the doors, the venue formerly known as Philips Arena has pretty much disappeared, with full-scale knockdown remodels, finishing touches and high-definition Wi-Fi making the newly named State Farm Arena feel like something just-built from the ground Read More>>
Mercedes-Benz Wi-Fi (and DAS) ready for Super Bowl LIII
With less than two weeks to go before Mercedes-Benz Stadium hosts Super Bowl LIII, there's no longer any doubt that the venue's Wi-Fi network should be ready for what is historically the biggest Wi-Fi traffic day of the year. Oh, and that DAS network you were wondering about? It should be fine too, but more on that later. On a recent game-day visit to the still-new roost of the NFL's Atlanta Read More>>
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>>
