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New Report: Dickies Arena sets a new standard for arena excellence
MOBILE SPORTS REPORT is pleased to announce the Spring 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 latest issue contains an in-person report on the new Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, which may have just set the new standard for excellence in an arena experience. We also recap Read More>>
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Sharks, Earthquakes may see games without fans due to coronavirus event ban
UPDATE, 3/11/20: Sharks say upcoming games will be played without fans. There's no official word yet from the teams, but the San Jose Sharks and the San Jose Earthquakes could be among the first U.S. sports teams to have games take place without fans due to a ban on large events instituted by Santa Clara County in its efforts to fight the coronavirus. The ban, which takes effect Wednesday in Read More>>
Oklahoma leads the way with Wi-Fi 6 network at football stadium
In the long history of college football, the Univeristy of Oklahoma is a name that is always somehow in the discussion when it comes to top teams and Heisman-quality talent. And now you can add stadium Wi-Fi to the list of things Oklahoma does well, after a deployment of a 100 percent Wi-Fi 6 network at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium was in place for most of the recent football Read More>>
BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament postponed due to coronavirus
One of the bigger non-major tennis tournaments in the U.S., the BNP Paribas Open, has been postponed indefinitely this year due to a local confirmed case of the coronavirus in southern California. In a post on the tournament's website, officials said they are exploring options to hold the tournament on a later date, but have no set plan yet. “We are very disappointed that the tournament will Read More>>
‘Best of Breed’ wireless drives Chase Center experience
As stunning as Chase Center is visually, what you can't see is equally powerful in adding to the fan experience. Namely, the wireless networks, and the gear that supports the connectivity. Inside the shiny new home of the NBA’s Golden State Warriors, which sits on the edge of the San Francisco Bay, is a cellular DAS deployment from Verizon using Corning gear that may be the new forward-thinking Read More>>
Fiserv Forum’s wireless networks ready for the Democratic Convention
With one of the most demanding arena-sized events headed its way this upcoming summer, the wireless networks at Milwaukee's Fiserv Forum appear to be more than ready to handle any audience demand for mobile connectivity. With a full-featured distributed antenna system (DAS) deployed and operated by ExteNet Systems using gear from JMA Wireless, as well as a Wi-Fi network using Cisco gear, Fiserv Read More>>
Super Bowl LIV sets new Wi-Fi record with 26.42 TB of data used
The big game is back on top of the unofficial Mobile Sports Report single-day Wi-Fi rankings, with a mark of 26.42 terabytes of data used at last Sunday's Super Bowl LIV in Miami, according to figures reported by Extreme Networks. What's most interesting (to us) about the number is that it was generated in a venue that had approximately 8,000 fewer fans in attendance than last year's Super Bowl Read More>>
Verizon sees 21.5 TB of cellular data used at Super Bowl LIV in Miami
Verizon, which led the DAS effort at Miami's Hard Rock Stadium, said it saw 21.5 terabytes of data used on its network "in and around the stadium" during Sunday's Super Bowl LIV. While we are still circling back with Verizon to see if we can get more granular details, we are guessing that this number comes from the network inside and immediately adjacent to the venue, and not the "2-mile Read More>>
AT&T sees 10.2 TB of cell data used by customers at Super Bowl LIV
Super Bowl LIV fans who are AT&T wireless customers used 10.2 terabytes of data inside Miami's Hard Rock Stadium during Sunday's game, according to statistics provided by AT&T. Also according to AT&T the carrier saw an additional 4.3 TB of data used Sunday in a two-mile radius around the Super Bowl venue, bringing AT&T's Super Sunday total to 14.5 TB of data used. Sunday's data totals were the Read More>>
