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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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Pac-12 suspends all sports through end of 2020
Following closely on the heels of the Big Ten, the Pac-12 conference Tuesday suspended all sports through the end of 2020, due to the ongoing complications of the Covid-19 pandemic. “All of the Pac-12 presidents and chancellors understand the importance of this decision, and the disappointment it will create for our student-athletes, the coaches, support staff and all of our fans,” said Michael Read More>>
Big Ten postpones fall sports, including football, due to Covid-19 pandemic
The seemingly inevitable became fact Tuesday, when the Big Ten conference announced it was postponing all fall sports, including football, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. “The mental and physical health and welfare of our student-athletes has been at the center of every decision we have made regarding the ability to proceed forward,” said Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren in the statement posted Read More>>
Mountain West, Mid-American conferences postpone fall sports; are Big Ten and Pac-12 next?
The Mountain West conference on Monday postponed all fall sports, including football, joining the Mid-American conference as the first FBS conferences to rule out games this fall due to the coronavirus pandemic. And even as foobtall insiders and some politicians called for college football to be played even in the face of rising numbers of Americans testing positive for the disease, rumors Read More>>
Boingo to bring Wi-Fi 6, DAS to Austin FC’s new stadium
Austin FC has selected Boingo to deliver a neutral-host distributed antenna system and a Wi-Fi 6 network for the club's new stadium, which is slated to open next year during Austin FC's inaugural season in Major League Soccer. While all scheduled things for sports and stadiums are currently "pending" due to the coronavirus pandemic, for right now the new venue located in the north-central part Read More>>
Raiders: No fans at Allegiant Stadium this season
According to reports the brand-new stadium is ready to go, but according to the Las Vegas Raiders fans won't be allowed in Allegiant Stadium if games are played this season, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Monday that in an email sent to Raiders season ticket holders, owner Mark Davis said there would be no fans allowed at games this season. More as we hear Read More>>
SEC joins Pac-12, Big Ten with conference-only football schedule
There's still no guarantee that any games will be played at all due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, but in case college football does return the SEC announced Thursday that it would play a conference-only schedule starting Sept. 26. A release from the Southeastern Conference said "The 2020 SEC football season will be comprised of a 10-game Conference-only schedule and the SEC Football Read More>>
MLB cancels games after Marlins suffer Covid-19 outbreak
Could the Major League Baseball season be over before it even really got started? After a dozen players and staff on the Miami Marlins tested positive for Covid-19, MLB canceled two games on Monday and all around the nation sports observers were calling for the league to end its season before things got worse. Unlike the NBA and the NHL -- major pro sports that are trying to finish their Read More>>
Indy 500 unveils plans for 25 percent fan capacity at Aug. 23 race
The delayed Indianapolis 500 has a plan to be able to host fans up to 25 percent of the venue's capacity for the Aug. 23 race, according to a statement released Tuesday by the Penske Entertainment Corp., which owns the track. According to a report in the Indianapolis Star that percentage translates to a crowd of approximately 87,500 people. According to the speedway, fans will be required to Read More>>
