FLAGSHIP SERIES: STADIUM TECH REPORTS
New Report: AT&T Stadium rewrites the DAS playbook
Stadium Tech Report is pleased to announce our Winter 2021 issue, with an in-depth profile of the new, groundbreaking distributed antenna system (DAS) recently installed at AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys. With its super-dense deployment of approximately 670 network zones and use of cutting-edge MatSing Lens antennas, the new cellular network is designed to handle the biggest demands from the largest crowds Read More>>
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Pandemic planning puts focus on venue entry, concessions
As some venues take baby steps forward in allowing limited fan attendance at events, for most venues the ongoing effects of the Covid-19 pandemic are forcing owners and operators to take a longer look at the technologies and procedures that can help provide safer situations for large crowds inside public spaces for the foreseeable future. And if keeping fans farther apart from each other is one Read More>>
New Report: Inside the technology at SoFi Stadium and Allegiant Stadium
Stadium Tech Report is pleased to announce our FALL 2020 issue, with profiles of two of the most innovative new venues to open – SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles and Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas! While neither venue will host fans this NFL season, our profiles will dig in-depth to tell you about the technologies in place to make these stadiums the most advanced when it comes to the game-day Read More>>
Venue Display Report: An in-depth look at SoFi Stadium’s amazing videoboard
STADIUM TECH REPORT is pleased to welcome you to the latest issue of our VENUE DISPLAY REPORT series, with an in-depth report on perhaps the most innovative main stadium video board ever, the new Samsung dual-sided, 4K oval videoboard at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. These long-form reports are designed to give stadium and large public venue owners and operators, and digital sports business Read More>>
Pac-12, Mountain West move to resume football seasons; Notre Dame, Tennessee Titans see outbreaks
Citing the availability of better, more rapid testing for Covid-19 infections as a main changing point, the Pac-12 conference last week announced it would "resume its football, basketball and winter sport seasons," with football games possibly taking place starting Nov. 6. While the announcement on the conference website noted that "the football season may now commence for those teams that have Read More>>
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>>
