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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Stadium Tech Report — NFL stadium technology reports — AFC North
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 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 NORTH Reporting by Chris Gallo Baltimore Ravens M&T Bank Read More>>
Levi’s Stadium Wi-Fi update: Usage down from record, but still strong — 2.4 TB for Eagles game
With three NFL games and now one collegiate contest under its belt, the Wi-Fi network at Levi's Stadium is still handling big loads of data traffic, though not quite at the Super Bowl-beating level of 3.3 Terabytes recorded at the Niners' home opener. According to statistics provided by Niners vice president for technology Dan Williams, the Levi's Wi-Fi network carried 2.4 TB of data during the Read More>>
Seahawks, Verizon tap Extreme for CenturyLink Field Wi-Fi
Ending one of the bigger stadium Wi-Fi mysteries of 2014, the Seattle Seahawks and Verizon announced today that they are using Extreme Networks Wi-Fi gear and analytics software to power the new Wi-Fi network at CenturyLink field in Seattle, home of the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks. While the network has (reportedly) been live since the start of the NFL regular season, today's Read More>>
AT&T: DAS network also set traffic records for 2014 World Series games at AT&T Park
In addition to the over-the-top Wi-Fi usage numbers, it turns out that the in-stadium AT&T cellular network also experienced record usage during the recent World Series games at AT&T Park, with Saturday night's crowd using 477 Gigabytes of data, according to AT&T. In case you're not familiar with the DAS acronym, it stands for distributed antenna system, and basically is a network of small Read More>>
Half a stadium using Wi-Fi? 2014 World Series games set Wi-Fi records at AT&T Park
Though this year's World Series still isn't over, the three games this past weekend in San Francisco set new local records for fan Wi-Fi use, arguably cementing AT&T Park's title as baseball's best-connected stadium. One of the more stunning numbers provided to us by Bill Schlough, the senior vice president and CIO for the Giants, was that nearly half the crowd in AT&T Park for Sunday's Game 5 Read More>>
Confirmed: KC has MLB-provided Wi-Fi, part of plan to bring Wi-Fi and DAS to all MLB stadiums
The rumored Wi-Fi network at Kansas City's Kauffman Stadium is now a confirmed entity, according to Joe Inzerillo, executive vice president and CTO for MLB.com. In a phone call Thursday, Inzerillo said the Royals' new network is part of a league-wide effort to bring Wi-Fi to all MLB parks, a task he thinks may take another year or two to complete. As MLB.com has stated publicly before -- but Read More>>
Reports: Free Wi-Fi now available at Kansas City’s Kauffman Stadium for World Series
According to reports from Kansas City, the previously Wi-Fi-less Kauffman Stadium now has a working free Wi-Fi network for fans, apparently installed recently by Major League Baseball's advanced media group. Though we haven't yet received any official confirmation about the network's launch from either the Royals organization or from MLBAM, two separate sources confirmed that free Wi-Fi is Read More>>
N.Y. Giants tap Ruckus for team headquarters Wi-Fi
It's not a stadium deal but it is a win in the NFL Wi-Fi market -- according to a press release out today, the New York Giants of the NFL are using Ruckus Wireless Wi-Fi gear to provide wireless connectivity at the team's practice facility and administrative headquarters. Unlike your average corporate office building, the Giants' Quest Diagnostics Training Center in East Rutherford, N.J., has Read More>>
