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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Watching NASCAR: Back to the Brickyard
This week: Crown Royal presents the Curtiss Shaver 400 The Sprint Cup Series took a holiday weekend last week so the teams should be rested and repaired for this week. This week’s race, held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is the Crown Royal presents the Curtiss Shaver 400 at the Brickyard. No introduction is needed for a track that is so regularly used, and one that so regularly provides Read More>>
Friday Grab Bag: Kindle Rumors, Odd Olympic Facts
Every Olympics you see some piece about the sports that have come and gone for the games, baseball and shooting live pigeons being two that readily come to mind. However there is something much more fundamental about the games that has changed a great deal as well, mainly how you get your information. Everybody on the Internet must know by now that this is the most social media Olympics in Read More>>
Next Spring’s World Baseball Classic Sets Playoff Sites
The next version of the World Baseball Classic is coming again to a stadium near you (if you are lucky) again next spring, to no doubt be preceded by a great deal of wondering what countries many of the players are truly from. That aside it looks like the stadiums for the event have been settled on and while many of the tournament sites are around the globe it looks like the United States has Read More>>
Spartan Race in Cambridge an Alternative to Olympics
For sports fans that want to get out of London for the crowds that have gathered for the Summer Olympics but still want their live sports fix, head on over to Cambridge to catch this weekend’s Spartan Race. The popularity of the event can be seen in that even competing with one of the major sporting events of the year it has already filled 80% of available slots for the athletes, showing that Read More>>
Watching Golf this Week: RBC Canadian Open
Like a lot of the pro golf field your MSR golf writer is taking some time off this week following the most recent major. But newly minted British Open champion Ernie Els isn't, and is heading to Canada for this week's RBC Canadian Open. After the orgy of online and broadcast coverage of last week this week you are back to the Golf Channel Thursday-Friday, CBS Saturday-Sunday routine. I wish I Read More>>
MLB’s Trade Season in Full Swing
With the conclusion of MLB’s All Star game the next notable day on the calendar is the non-waiver deadline, which is July 31. This is one of my favorite times of the year not just for the trades as for some of the major trade rumors that always seem to be making their way around the league. The trade rumors often come from a variety of sources and can show player unhappiness with his team, Read More>>
Are you Watching this Weekend’s Arena Football Playoffs?
The Arena Football League playoffs start this week with some returning powerhouses and new up-and-comers as the league continues to make a nice recovery after being left for dead a few years back when it ceased operations. I have a number of friends that deride the league as bush league but in the few games I have attended I really enjoyed myself. It features very high scoring and continuous Read More>>
Key Competition Dates For First 24/7 Digital Summer Olympics
The Summer Olympics are so chock-full of events that the competition begins July 25 — two days before the Opening Ceremonies — and continues through the Closing Ceremonies on Aug. 12. Olympic statistics are always numbing, but with the influx of digital broadcast offerings, the overwhelming statistic is that for the first time via multi-platform broadcasts available, sports fans have 24/7 Read More>>
