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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Futbol Fans like Wi-Fi: Barcelona vs. ManU match at Levi’s Stadium uses 2.62 TB
It was futbol, not football, that drew 68,416 fans to Levi's Stadium July 25 for a match between European powerhouses FC Barcelona and Manchester United, a game that finished in a 3-1 ManU victory and with 2.62 terabytes of Wi-Fi data used, according to the Levi's Stadium networking crew. With fans arriving early for the 1 p.m. start the Wi-Fi measurements were taken over 7 hours from 9 a.m. to Read More>>
Huge jump in stadium Wi-Fi deployments, according to our latest State of the Stadium Technology Survey
A clear trend toward greater Wi-Fi and DAS deployments is the main point our “State of the Stadium” research tells us this year, especially with Wi-Fi, where now more than half of the venues surveyed said they have fan-facing Wi-Fi services to all seating areas. To be precise, a full 65 percent of our respondents said they now have full-seating Wi-Fi services in their venues – a huge increase Read More>>
PGA Tour’s live-action online service for Thursday-Friday rounds debuts this week at $4.99 per month
The PGA's over-the-top live action service for Thursday and Friday rounds debuts this week during the Quicken Loans National event, with a seven-day free trial before the $4.99 per month charge applies. Announced earlier this year, the service produced by Major League Baseball's Advanced Media (MLBAM) operations will be initially available for any desktop devices at PGATOURLIVE.com, but only Read More>>
Digital Bridge acquires ExteNet Systems in $1B recapitalization deal
Telecom investment group Digital Bridge Holdings has acquired DAS deployer ExteNet Systems in a recapitalization deal valued at around $1 billion, a move that buys out all previous investors and makes ExteNet a part of Digital Bridge's pool of telecom-infrastructure companies. A good writeup of the deal can be found over at RCR Wireless but from a stadium-infrastructure standpoint there doesn't Read More>>
Wi-Fi deal at Houston’s NRG Stadium looks like it’s going to 5 Bars… is Ruckus involved as well?
We knew the Houston Texans were getting Wi-Fi put in at NRG Stadium this year, but until we saw this report on HoustonChronicle.com by reporter David Barron we didn't know that integrator 5 Bars will be leading the deployment, with stadium management firm SMG chipping in for some of the projected $2.9 million cost, according to the story. The report from Houston, which apparently got its Read More>>
Ruckus Wireless looks like the ‘Golden 1′ for Wi-Fi at Sacramento Kings’ new stadium
According to several sources from around the stadium technology marketplace, it appears as though Ruckus Wireless has won a big stadium Wi-Fi deal, as the provider of gear for the Sacramento Kings' new Golden 1 Center that is scheduled to open in October 2016. There is no official announcement and representatives from the Kings and Ruckus would not comment on the matter, so at this stage it's Read More>>
All-Star Wi-Fi: Cincinnati crowds used 4.3 TB over All-Star Game activities
Like a player added to the roster just before game time, the new Wi-Fi network at the Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati handled some all-star traffic levels, carrying a total of 4.3 terabytes of data over the three separate events that made up Major League Baseball's All-Star Game festivities earlier this week, according to IT execs at the ballpark. Though it only came online a couple Read More>>
All-Star Game has DAS Grand Slam: Four different DAS systems online at Great American Ball Park
Call it the DAS grand slam -- to cover wireless customer demand, the Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati has four separate DAS deployments, one for each of the major U.S. wireless carriers, which are probably all getting a workout at tonight's Major League Baseball All-Star Game. Brian Keys, vice president of technology for the Cincinnati Reds, confirmed Tuesday that there are four separate Read More>>
