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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Wi-Fi Whispers: Standing fans and marching band interference; NFL sideline Wi-Fi fixed?
Welcome back to another posting of Wi-Fi Whispers, our once-active "notes" column that I think makes sense to start back up again. What I like most about this feature is that it gives me a chance to comment and "move the ball forward" on other stadium Wi-Fi (and DAS) stories I've seen out there, or to correct/comment/criticize as needs be. STAND UP FOR WI-FI: First up is a story about the Wi-Fi Read More>>
Watching golf this week: Ryder Cup online at Golf Channel, NBC
Are you ready for late-night or early morning golf online? That's what fans in the U.S. will be watching in potentially large numbers this weekend as the Ryder Cup takes place in Gleneagles, Scotland. With live coverage starting Friday at 2:30 a.m. Eastern time (that's 11:30 p.m. Thursday for us west coaster types) it's a good bet many golf fans will be tuning in online, using headsets so they Read More>>
Stadium Tech Report: Wi-Fi + advanced stadium app helps Philadelphia Eagles ‘Linc’ with fans
With victories in their first three games, the Philadelphia Eagles are off to a fast start this NFL season. And from a networking standpoint, Eagles fans are keeping pace, with Wi-Fi connections at Lincoln Financial Field already surpassing last year's totals. Now in the second season of having full-stadium Wi-Fi available for fans, the Eagles' technology team is pushing the needle forward, Read More>>
Stadium Tech Report: THE FOOTBALL ISSUE arrives, with extensive coverage of Levi’s Stadium launch and tech reports on all 31 NFL stadiums
Mobile Sports Report is pleased to announce the arrival of THE FOOTBALL ISSUE, our third Stadium Tech Report for 2014. As the title suggests this long-form report focuses on technology deployments at U.S. football stadiums, with an extensive inside look at the technology inside Levi's Stadium, the new facility for the San Francisco 49ers. The report is available for free download from our Read More>>
VenueNext, developer of Levi’s Stadium app, formally launches
VenueNext, the startup firm that developed the Levi's Stadium app for the San Francisco 49ers, is formally hanging out its own banner Thursday, with announcements of not just application design but a full stadium-specific suite of analytic tools designed to give stadium owners and operators more control and better visibility into what's happening when fans use the app. The firm will be seeking to Read More>>
Niners’ home opener tops Super Bowl for Wi-Fi data traffic with 3.3 Terabytes
The first regular-season home game for the San Francisco 49ers in their new home, Levi's Stadium, produced more Wi-Fi traffic and far more actual fan-to-network connections than the most-recent Super Bowl, according to statistics from the Niners' tech team. Dan Williams, vice president of technology for the 49ers, said the Levi's Stadium Wi-Fi network carried 3.3 Terabytes of data during Sunday Read More>>
Instant replay feature debuts as network rocks at Niners’ home opener at Levi’s Stadium
Niners fans may not have liked the final outcome on the scoreboard, but there was no complaining about the wireless network performance for the regular season home opener at Levi's Stadium. The somewhat limited debut of the highly anticipated instant replay feature for the Levi's Stadium app was perhaps the technology highlight, with plays available for viewing seconds after they happened -- Read More>>
Planning a DAS deployment? Check out these AT&T stadium stats from football opening weekend
There's lots of shared belief out there that fans want to use mobile devices while they are attending sporting events. What we like even more here at Mobile Sports Report are hard numbers that tell us just how much fans are using mobile devices while they are in stadiums and arenas. Though sometimes hard to get, such statistics are great signposts for those who are planning to build their own Read More>>
