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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March Madness online: All 67 men’s tournament games available to cable/pay TV subscribers on any platform
I'm not that old, but I am old enough to remember when the men's NCAA basketball tournament was on broadcast TV only, and not online mainly because the Internet and world wide web were just getting started. I even can take credit for being one of the first to ever try to put live tourney scores online, a battle that started between my outfit and a little place called Starwave Sports that Read More>>
Mobilitie gets DAS contract for San Jose Earthquakes’ Avaya Stadium
It's not deployed yet and there's not a lot of details yet but we can confirm that Mobilitie will be building the neutral host DAS deployment at the San Jose Earthquakes' new Avaya Stadium in San Jose, a facility that gets its "official" launch later this month. The new $100 million Avaya Stadium, which hosted its first event in a preseason game on Feb. 28, will officially open with the Quakes' Read More>>
Stadium Tech Report: NBA, NHL teams deploying more Wi-Fi without league-wide help
So who needs a league-wide stadium networking strategy, anyway? Neither the NBA nor the NHL has such a beast, but it doesn’t seem to be stopping the deployment of fan-facing Wi-Fi services that now reach almost every NBA arena and almost two-thirds of NHL venues. That's one of the main themes explored by our latest STADIUM TECH REPORT, the HOOPS AND HOCKEY ISSUE, now available for free download Read More>>
Is Orlando’s Amway Center the next venue for VenueNext?
Nobody's talking officially, but a well-sourced news item today said that the Orlando Magic is seriously kicking the tires on VenueNext's mobile stadium-app solution, as a possible addition to the in-stadium technology package already in use at the team's home, the Amway Center. According to Don Muret's "Breaking Ground" column in today's Sports Business Journal (subscription required to view), Read More>>
HP buys Wi-Fi gear maker Aruba Networks for $3 billion
The rumors from last week were confirmed Monday, as computing giant Hewlett-Packard (aka "HP") announced it was acquiring Wi-Fi gear vendor Aruba Networks for $3 billion. After cash and debt are accounted for, the actual value of the transaction is $2.7 billion, but what's $300 million between friends? Though the headline of the HP release pegs the reason behind the deal as the desire to Read More>>
San Jose Earthquakes’ Avaya Stadium will have Wi-Fi for ‘soft’ preseason opener
Keeping in tune with its Silicon Valley location, the San Jose Earthquakes' new Avaya Stadium will have a bit of a "beta" launch this weekend when the Quakes host the Los Angeles Galaxy for a 2 p.m. preseason match on Feb. 28, with only 10,000 fans being allowed into the brand-new 18,000-seat venue. While all the bells and whistles for Avaya Stadium may not be in place yet, one thing will be at Read More>>
AT&T: Golf fans used 3.286 terabytes of traffic at Pebble Beach tourney
It's not really a stadium, but fans at the Pebble Beach golfing kingdom used 3.286 terabytes of data on AT&T's cellular and Wi-Fi networks during the recent Pebble Beach AT&T Pro-Am PGA tour stop, according to AT&T. With two cell trucks on wheels (aka COWs) to supplement the Monterey Peninsula cell sites, as well as the Wi-Fi network in and around the golf course, AT&T said it saw an 104 Read More>>
Hockey crowd melted down Levi’s Stadium network and app, overwhelmed light rail
From a financial and publicity standpoint Saturday's Coors Light Stadium Series hockey game at Levi's Stadium was a success, with 70,205 fans packing the football facility to watch the San Jose Sharks lose to the Los Angeles Kings, 2-1. But while the sellout crowd contributed to the general electricity that filled the venue, the mass of people also caused problems with the stadium's vaunted Read More>>
