FLAGSHIP SERIES: STADIUM TECH REPORTS

Introducing: The Stadium Connectivity Outlook survey!
To all stadium, arena, ballpark, race track, concert-hall, convention-center, airport, casino and other large public venue owners, operators and administrators and deployers of connectivity technology: We need you! That is, we need you to take our Stadium Connectivity Outlook survey, a vehicle designed to find out "where we're at, and where we're going" when it comes to connectivity technology and the business Read More>>
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Arizona Cardinals’ University of Phoenix Stadium beefs up Wi-Fi and DAS ahead of College Football Playoff championship game
November 13, 2015 By Paul Kapustka
After just hosting a Super Bowl, one with record wireless traffic numbers, you might not think that the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., needed to upgrade its Wi-Fi and DAS networks. But with many more big events on the way soon, including hosting this season's College Football Playoff championship game, the UoP Stadium isn't sitting still, but instead is fine-tuning and expanding Read More>>

Kansas City Royals score with jump in postseason stadium Wi-Fi and DAS traffic
November 12, 2015 By Paul Kapustka
If you need a reason to justify Wi-Fi network installs or improvements in your stadium, here's an optimistic rationale: If your team makes it to the playoffs and the championship, you can expect a big surge in postseason wireless traffic. That idea was proven again this fall by the Kansas City Royals, who racked up big postseason Wi-Fi and DAS traffic numbers at Kauffman Stadium during their Read More>>

NFL Stadium Tech Reviews — AFC South
November 10, 2015 By Paul Kapustka
Editor's note: The following team-by-team capsule reports of NFL stadium technology deployments are an excerpt from our most recent Stadium Tech Report, THE PRO FOOTBALL ISSUE. To get all the capsules in one place as well as our featured reports, interviews and analysis, download your free copy of the full report today. AFC SOUTH Reporting by Paul Kapustka Houston Texans NRG Read More>>

Stadium Tech Report: Wi-Fi arrives at the Green Bay Packers’ legendary Lambeau Field
November 10, 2015 By Paul Kapustka
When most NFL fans think of the Green Bay Packers and Lambeau Field, they think of frozen tundra – of Vince Lombardi roaming the sideline in his thick glasses and peaked hat, with visible breath coming through the face masks of behemoth linemen on the field. In the stands, they see the venerable fans braving the cold of northern Wisconsin in their snowmobile suits, with mittens wrapped around a Read More>>

NFL Stadium Tech Reviews — AFC East
November 6, 2015 By Paul Kapustka
Editor's note: The following team-by-team capsule reports of NFL stadium technology deployments are an excerpt from our most recent Stadium Tech Report, THE PRO FOOTBALL ISSUE. To get all the capsules in one place as well as our featured reports, interviews and analysis, download your free copy of the full report today. AFC EAST Reporting by Paul Kapustka Buffalo Bills Ralph Wilson Read More>>

Levi’s Stadium, AT&T Stadium see lots of Wi-Fi for Seahawks visits
November 4, 2015 By Paul Kapustka
So far this NFL season we've seen something that we call the Patriots effect, where games featuring the defending Super Bowl champs as visitors produce big numbers on the stadium Wi-Fi networks. There appears to be a similar trend following the Seattle Seahawks around, especially when they're playing NFC rivals like the San Francisco 49ers and the Dallas Cowboys, as both those teams' stadiums saw Read More>>

VenueNext adds Yankee Stadium, AT&T Stadium as app clients
November 3, 2015 By Paul Kapustka
VenueNext, the company built to develop the Levi's Stadium app for the San Francisco 49ers, announced two new customers today, venues that are leading icons in their respective sports: Yankee Stadium, home of the New York Yankees, and AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys. Details are a little slim right now, but the formal announcement was made on stage at the Web Summit Tuesday in Dublin, Read More>>

YinzCam sells equity stake to NBA, gets deal to re-do 22 NBA team apps
November 2, 2015 By Paul Kapustka
Stadium and team app developer YinzCam announced a big deal with the NBA Monday, a partnership that calls for YinzCam to redesign 22 NBA team apps during the 2015-16 season, adding features like location-based awareness, in-seat food ordering and delivery and seat upgrades. According to the company and the league, the NBA will also get an equity stake in the privately held YinzCam, a Read More>>