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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Verizon makes live NFL action via NFL Mobile free to all customers; RedZone still $1.99 a month
If you're a Verizon Wireless customer, watching live NFL action on your smartphone just got a lot easier and perhaps cheaper. For the 2016 pro football season, Verizon will give all its customers free access to the schedule of live NFL games available via the NFL Mobile app, eliminating a $5 fee that used to be charged to non-premium plan users. Though every game isn't available, the NFL Mobile Read More>>
Wi-Fi for the Frozen Tundra: Extreme, Verizon bring Wi-Fi to Green Bay Packers’ Lambeau Field
Lambeau Field, the Green Bay Packers' historic home, now has full fan-facing Wi-Fi services thanks to a deployment led by the Packers, Extreme Networks and Verizon Wireless. Much like the deployment last year at the Seattle Seahawks' CenturyLink Field, the Lambeau network will be ready for this season's games and will feature separate Wi-Fi SSIDs for Verizon customers and for all other Read More>>
Taylor Swift shows card 3+ TB each, and push Levi’s Stadium Wi-Fi past half-million user mark
Because her humungous stage kept Levi's Stadium from filling to capacity, Taylor Swift's Aug. 14 and 15 shows didn't come close to setting a Wi-Fi capacity record at the venue, as some had predicted. But with almost 20,000 unique users the first night and almost 24,000 the second, the "1989" tour events pushed the cumulative Levi's Stadium Wi-Fi user number past the half-million mark, just more Read More>>
Boingo, Aruba behind new Wi-Fi deployment at Kansas State’s football stadium
So far we haven't seen any press releases but a web-posted letter to Kansas State supporters from Athletic Director John Currie confirms that Boingo Wireless and Aruba Networks are part of a new Wi-Fi and DAS deployment at the Bill Snyder Family Stadium that will have at least 300 antennas of some kind bringing service to the 50,000-seat venue. Bill Snyder, still the head coach at the stadium Read More>>
Tap.in2 seeks more orders in expanding market for stadium in-seat food delivery apps
After a successful beta-type trial with the Cleveland Cavaliers this past season, startup Tap.in2 is seeking new customers for its in-seat food and beverage delivery app, which lets sports fans order and receive concessions without having to stand in lines. Unlike the well-publicized debut of stadium-wide in-seat delivery services offered last year at the San Francisco 49ers' new Levi's Read More>>
Baltimore Ravens pick Extreme Networks for M&T Bank Stadium Wi-Fi
The NFL regular season hasn't started yet, but Extreme Networks picked up another NFL win this week, being selected to provide the Wi-Fi network gear for the Baltimore Ravens M&T Bank Stadium. According to press releases from the team and Extreme, Extreme will install approximately 800 Wi-Fi APs to provide wireless service to the seating and concourse areas of the stadium. The $6.5 million Read More>>
Former co-CEO files counterclaims against Sporting Innovations, denies ‘conspiracy’
The second shoe has dropped in the lawsuit filed by Kansas City's Sporting Innovations against its former co-CEO Asim Pasha, with Pasha filing counterclaims denying the company's charges against him while also alleging that he was denied promised ownership stakes in the company for providing the technology behind its stadium-application business. In case you missed the first episode, that came Read More>>
Chicago Cubs tap NFL deployment expertise of Extreme, DGP for new Wi-Fi, DAS at Wrigley Field
The video boards above the historic ivy-covered outfield walls are only the first clue that this isn't your grandpa's Wrigley Field anymore. And though you won't be able to see it, new Wi-Fi and DAS networks are coming soon to the Friendly Confines, as part of the Ricketts Family's ambitious remake of Wrigley Field and its surrounding area. And according to Cubs IT executives, the team is Read More>>
