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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AT&T: Lots of DAS traffic for college football championship
This may not be a news flash to any stadium network operations team but the amount of mobile data consumed by fans at college football games continues to hit high levels, according to some new figures released by AT&T. In a press release blog post where AT&T said it saw 9 terabytes of cellular data used over the college football playoff championship-game weekend in the Bay area, AT&T also Read More>>
Notre Dame Stadium sees 4 TB of Wi-Fi used at NHL Winter Classic
It wasn't a record-setting day for the Wi-Fi network at Notre Dame Stadium, but the 4 terabytes of data used by fans at Tuesday's NHL Winter Classic continued a string of healthy wireless data use by attendees at the recently renovated venue. With 76,126 in attendance to watch the Boston Bruins beat the Chicago Blackhawks in the latest of the NHL's outdoor-arena games, some 17,000 unique Read More>>
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 Read More>>
BYU scores with new Wi-Fi, app for LaVell Edwards Stadium
At Brigham Young University, the wait for Wi-Fi was worth it. After a selection and deployment process that took almost three years, the first full season of Wi-Fi at BYU's LaVell Edwards Stadium was a roaring success, with high fan adoption rates and a couple 6-plus terabyte single-game data totals seen during the 2018 football season. Using 1,241 APs from gear supplier Extreme Networks, the Read More>>
Mercedes-Benz Stadium Wi-Fi saw 12 TB of data used at January’s college championship
The Wi-Fi network at Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium saw 12 terabytes of data used at the 2018 College Football Playoff championship on Jan. 8, 2018, according to officals from the Atlanta Falcons, owners and operators of this city's new distinctive venue. We'd long suspected that Mercedes-Benz Stadium, which opened in August of 2017, had seen big data days inside the 71,000-seat arena with its Read More>>
NFL CIO: Mercedes-Benz Stadium’s wireless is ‘ready for the Super Bowl’
The wireless networks at Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium are "ready for the Super Bowl," according to Michelle McKenna, senior vice president and chief information officer for the NFL, who spoke to Mobile Sports Report via phone last week. Though McKenna would not comment on any of the particulars of the recent lawsuit filed by IBM against Corning that revolves around issues with the stadium's Read More>>
MSR News Wire: Aruba introduces new series of 802.11ax access points
Editor's note: Welcome to a new feature for Mobile Sports Report, the MSR News Wire, in which MSR will now post press releases from companies in the stadium technology sector. These releases are prepared by the companies, and are NOT an MSR editorial product. For information on how to get your company releases on the MSR News Wire, please contact Paul Kapustka at kaps at Read More>>
CommScope buying Arris (and Ruckus) for $7.4 B
CommScope announced today its intent to acquire Arris International for $7.4 billion, a move that would also bring in Wi-Fi vendor Ruckus, an asset that could help turn CommScope into a single-stop shop for large public venue connectivity products and services. Financial details are available in the official announcement, but what will be more interesting will be how CommScope now markets Read More>>
