FLAGSHIP SERIES: STADIUM TECH REPORTS
Introducing: The Stadium Connectivity Outlook survey!
To all stadium, arena, ballpark, race track, concert-hall, convention-center, airport, casino and other large public venue owners, operators and administrators and deployers of connectivity technology: We need you! That is, we need you to take our Stadium Connectivity Outlook survey, a vehicle designed to find out "where we're at, and where we're going" when it comes to connectivity technology and the business Read More>>
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Online options for upcoming Sochi Olympics
As the XXII Winter Olympics rapidly nears fans of events will soon be scanning broadcast times to see if they will manage to be home from work in time to view various competitions live, but cable, telco and satellite customers should have a very nice alternative. The reason is that for the first time all of the competition will be available live streamed by NBC sports on its NBCOlympics.com and Read More>>
Stadium Tech Report: Wi-Fi ‘coaches’ help fans find network in New England and Philly
What good is a stadium Wi-Fi network if the fans don't use it? To help avoid the obvious answer, the providers of wireless services in the New England Patriots' Gillette Stadium and the Philadelphia Eagles' Lincoln Financial Field are now supplying "Wi-Fi coaches," roaming groups of helpers who help fans get connected to the in-stadium network. With assistance from the digital sidelines, fans at Read More>>
AT&T adds 185 Wi-Fi antennas in Charlotte’s Bank of America Stadium upgrade
A year ago, folks who run the Charlotte Panthers' Bank of America Stadium were telling us how much the fans there liked the Wi-Fi network installed by AT&T. It's possible Panthers fans like it even more now, with 185 new Wi-Fi access points to help improve coverage. We haven't talked to anyone in Charlotte this time around, but a press release from AT&T shares some interesting stats about Read More>>
Friday Grab Bag: 49ers’ Levi’s Stadium isn’t a fit for MNF
The San Francisco 49ers will be playing in a brand new stadium next season but no matter how well the team performs on the field it looks unlikely that it will have any home games broadcast for Monday Night Football, at least for the first season. The soon to be finished facility -- in Santa Clara, Calif., well south of the team's namesake city -- does not have enough of its own parking spaces Read More>>
USA Today gets into sports-event ticket business
I think fans everywhere agree that there are a huge number of sporting events that they would be interested in attending, at least once in their life, but finding out how to apply for tickets much less working your way through the red tape will always be an impediment. Now leaping to the (possible) rescue is USA Today Sports Media Group which has teamed with QuintEvents to launch a joint Read More>>
Bluefields app helps organize amateur sports leagues
Running a team sport can be a nightmare even in this age of instant communications as parents and players often call at the last second because they are at the wrong venue, have the incorrect day in their calendar or a host of other reasons that might cause issues. Anybody that has run a youth soccer team or league, or a little league event understands the issues all too clearly-it is like Read More>>
Friday Grab Bag: Apple’s big iPad? And NCAA football changes thru history
Rumors are that Apple is now looking at a large format iPad, one that would be in the 13-inch screen size territory, at least according to a recent piece in Forbes that is relaying news from the Korean Times. It would be interesting to see as the current trend in tablets has been strong growth in the 7- to 8-inch format, but as tablets start to increasingly replace notebooks and desktop PCs a Read More>>
Stadium Tech Report: Partners the key to fast Wi-Fi deployment at Staples Center
During the 2012 NHL playoffs, no other team could stop the Los Angeles Kings. But as the Kings' fans were celebrating their team's run to the Stanley Cup, their cheers from Staples Center stayed inside the walls. Without a Wi-Fi network or good cellular connectivity in the venue, fans there were shut off from sharing their joy with the outside world -- a frustration they let team officials know Read More>>
