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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NBA’s Orlando Magic pick VenueNext for new stadium app
The Orlando Magic and VenueNext are working together to produce a new stadium app for the NBA team, one that will support limited in-seat delivery of food, beverage and merchandise, as well as expanded digital ticketing options and even an in-game virtual betting feature. Confirming reports from earlier this year, the VenueNext-powered app will be soft-launched during the NBA preseason and Read More>>
Husker Wi-Fi: Nebraska fans use 4.2 TB of Wi-Fi data during Sept. 12 home game
It looks like we have an early leader in the (unofficial) college football Wi-Fi usage race, as the University of Nebraska folks are claiming that fans at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Neb., used 4.2 terabytes of Wi-Fi data during the Huskers' Sept. 12 victory over South Alabama. Thanks to Chad Chisea, IT operations manager for the Huskers and Dan Floyd, Nebraska's director of IT for athletics, Read More>>
Levi’s Stadium Monday Night Football debut sees 2.87 TB of Wi-Fi traffic, 874 GB on AT&T DAS
For its first-ever Monday Night Football game, Levi's Stadium saw 2.87 terabytes of data cross its Wi-Fi network, with an additional 874 GB traversing the AT&T cellular DAS network during the Niners' somewhat surprising 20-3 victory over the Minnesota Vikings. With the confirmed numbers bumping up against the 4 TB mark -- and if you add in the probable (but unreported) 1 TB or more that was Read More>>
Levi’s Stadium app adds more ticketing, social media features for 2015 season
You aren't yet allowed to order up a touchdown or click a link to guarantee a 49ers victory, but new enhancements to the Levi's Stadium app should make the game experience even better this season for all fans who visit Santa Clara for NFL games. John Paul, CEO of Levi's Stadium app developer VenueNext, laid out some of the improvements that fans will see when they use the stadium app starting Read More>>
DGP upgrades Levi’s Stadium DAS in preparation for Super Bowl 50
After deploying one of the biggest and most robust stadium DAS networks at Levi's Stadium last year, what did DAS Group Professionals do for an encore? How about completely re-deploying a new DAS at Levi's Stadium during the football offseason, just about doubling the capacity in a construction project that took place at a "live" venue instead of one under construction? The ambitious Read More>>
Buffalo Bills tap Extreme Networks for Wi-Fi at Ralph Wilson Stadium
Add the Buffalo Bills to the list of teams that installed Wi-Fi into their stadiums this offseason, as the Bills tapped NFL favorite Extreme Networks for a deployment at Ralph Wilson Stadium that was live for the regular-season opener against the Indianapolis Colts Sunday, a game the Bills won 27-14. We'll try to circle back with the team to get more details, but according to a press release on Read More>>
Stadium Tech Report: Los Angeles Dodgers hit it out of the park with Cisco, Aruba Wi-Fi
Growing up in the Los Angeles suburb of Norwalk, Ralph Esquibel recalled playing outdoors while inside the Dodger game was on the radio. "I knew from the kinds of noises coming out of the house how the game was going," he laughed. Esquibel, now vice president of IT for the Los Angeles Dodgers, may have wished for some similar indicators or guideposts as he began the wireless retrofitting of Major Read More>>
Extreme, DGP part of Wi-Fi and DAS upgrade coming to Florida State’s Doak Campbell Stadium
Extreme Networks and DAS Group Professionals have been selected by IMG to build a new Wi-Fi and DAS network respectively at Florida State University's Doak Campbell Stadium, the 82,300-seat home of the Seminoles football team, according to the school's website. Extreme, which has mainly made its stadium name in pro football venues, has one other college deployment that we know of but nothing on Read More>>
