By Boingo Wireless Snapdragon Stadium | San Diego, Calif. San Diego State University’s (SDSU) Snapdragon Stadium is designed as a multi-use entertainment hub for the entire San Diego community. With a capacity of 35,000, the stadium is home to the San Diego State University Aztecs football team, San Diego Legion and San Diego Wave FC. […]
San Francisco Giants fans rapidly adopting facial-authentication ticketing tech at Oracle Park
As the longtime warden of all things technology for the San Francisco Giants, chief information officer Bill Schlough has seen (and sometimes deployed) many different types of tech. So when he tells you a new one really gets him jazzed, it makes sense to pay attention. The newest addition to Oracle Park’s tech stack is […]
‘Super Bowl’ wireless networks at State Farm Stadium perform well at 2024 men’s Final Four
If your venue is going to host the Final Four, it never hurts to host the Super Bowl the year before, at least from a wireless network perspective. Thanks to network infrastructure investments made ahead of Super Bowl LVII in 2023, State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., was more than prepared for the wireless demands […]
AiFi adds checkout-free store with draft beer at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Checkout-free technology provider AiFi announced it has partnered with self-serve drink technology provider GS Draft Systems Solutions to open a checkout-free concession stand featuring draft beer at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. Called the Michelob Ultra Grill Market, the fourth AiFi-powered checkout-free stand at the stadium will be different in its ability to offer customers the […]
Sacramento Kings pick Boldyn Networks for 5G upgrade at Golden 1 Center
The Sacramento Kings said that network infrastructure provider Boldyn Networks will lead a 5G upgrade for the distributed antenna system (DAS) at Golden 1 Center, according to an announcement by the Kings and Boldyn. Though no date was given for the deployment, the press announcement said that the upgrade “will support all 5G spectrum bands […]
Checkout-free stores are doing well — in stadiums, anyway
Contrary to what you might have read elsewhere on the internet this week, checkout-free shopping technology is alive and well and growing — at least in the stadium concession-stand segment of the marketplace. Since we did our big checkout-free market count back in October, the number of stadium-specific stores has grown from 141 stores to […]
