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New Report: What’s Next for venues in the face of Covid-19; plus profiles of Globe Life Field and Dodger Stadium
STADIUM TECH REPORT is pleased to announce the Summer 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 stories for this issue include our first comprehensive look at how venue owners and operators, and teams and schools, might find a way back to live action and fans in stadiums Read More>>
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Expanding our scope: Welcome to… Stadium Tech Report!
Welcome to the strangest time ever for sports. For venue technology professionals, it’s even tougher, since they need to not just deal with the present but also must plan for the future. And that would be an incredibly uncertain future, with uncertain needs, perhaps fulfilled by untested technologies, which need to be paid for at a time when no money is coming in. All that makes it tough to show Read More>>
New Report: What’s Next for venues in the face of Covid-19; plus profiles of Globe Life Field and Dodger Stadium
STADIUM TECH REPORT is pleased to announce the Summer 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 stories for this issue include our first comprehensive look at how venue owners and operators, and teams and schools, might find a way back to live action and Read More>>
PGA Championship on tap for August in San Francisco, without fans
The San Francisco Chronicle's Ron Kroichick is reporting today that San Francisco public health officials have given a green light to holding the PGA Championship at Harding Park in August, but without any fans in attendance. According to a story posted today, the PGA is expected to make a formal announcement about the tournament on Tuesday. The PGA, originally scheduled for Harding Park in Read More>>
NFL issues facility-reopening protocols for distancing, cleaning
The NFL on Monday sent teams a nine-page guide of protocols that need to be followed in order to safely allow players and staff into team facilities during the coronavirus pandemic. The guidelines, made public by the league, include a list of cleaning steps and procedures to ensure player and staff safety from the virus, including specific steps for disinfecting practice and workout areas and Read More>>
NHL takes first steps toward possible return to action; baseball players don’t like proposed salary cuts
It's just the beginning of the beginning, but progress of some kind toward a return to live sports action surfaced this week as the National Hockey League made an initial, official step toward that possibility. On Tuesday the NHL announced is Return to Play Plan, which is centered around a direct move to the playoffs with 24 teams involved. Though many details of the idea are still to be Read More>>
Appetize sees more contact-free concessions for venues going forward
While the timeline for fans returning to large public venues for sports and events is still uncertain, one thing that does seem inevitable is that the future of stadium concessions will see more ways for fans to get food and beverages without human interactions. That's certainly the view from Appetize, one of the top players in the venue point-of-sale technology business. In a recent call with Read More>>
Friday links: NASCAR ready to roll, MLS considers Orlando-based tourney
In bits and pieces, sports across the country is trying to come back, mostly without any fans in attendance. At the very least, fans will at least have something to watch on TV besides a recap of Michael Jordan's last title run. NASCAR returns at Darlington, with no fans in attendance: This Sunday one of the bigger sports will return as NASCAR stages a race in Darlington, S.C. This ESPN post Read More>>
MLB proposes 82-game schedule with no fans in stadiums
News reports Monday said that Major League Baseball has formalized a plan for an 82-game season in stadiums without fans, an idea that still must face approval from the players' association. According to a report in the New York Times the plan includes a designated hitter for both leagues, as well as an expanded playoff system and regional schedules to limit travel. What's yet unclear is how Read More>>
