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Stadium Tech Report

December 21st, 2024

Paul Kapustka

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Verizon reports some big spikes for Week 1 wireless data use at NFL venues

Pro football is back, and fans in stadiums are continuing to use wireless data at an increasing pace, according to statistics provided by Verizon. For the first week of NFL regular-season games, Verizon saw some big spikes in customer data usage at several NFL stadiums, including a mark of 5.1 terabytes for the New Orleans Saints' home opener, a 47-10...

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Caesars Superdome gets MatSing deployment ahead of Super Bowl LIX

Another Super Bowl, another MatSing cellular antenna deployment. Caesars Superdome, home of the NFL's New Orleans Saints, has deployed a large number of cellular antennas from MatSing as part of an effort to increase wireless network capacity ahead of the upcoming Super Bowl LIX in February, 2025. It is the third such deployment of MatSing equipment at Super Bowl venues...

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Aramark deploys Mashgin-competitor optical-scanning checkout devices from VisioLab at Georgia Southern

Caterer Aramark has deployed optical-scanning self-checkout devices from a German company called VisioLab at Georgia Southern University this football season, in what Aramark is calling a "proof of concept" deployment for what looks like a potential competitor to similar devices from Mashgin. Mashgin's breakthrough optical-scanning devices have won quick acceptance at stadiums and arenas the past few years, mainly because...

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Full-stadium Wi-Fi at Neyland Stadium ready for Vols fans in 2024

Step aside, Taylor Swift. If you really want to test your full stadium Wi-Fi deployment, have Peyton Manning escort Dolly Parton out to midfield at a Georgia-Tennessee game at Neyland Stadium, in the heart of Rocky Top country. That's exactly what happened last fall, and thanks to a full-stadium Wi-Fi 6 deployment using gear from HPE Aruba Networking, the new...

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Amazon adds 13 new ‘Just Walk Out’ stadium stores at NFL venues

Retail giant Amazon has added to its total of stadium-specific checkout-free concession stands, with the announcement of 13 new "Just Walk Out" stores in three different NFL venues. Five of those deployments came at Lumen Field in Seattle, making that stadium the current venue with the most Amazon Just Walk Out stores, with 13. The other venues getting new Just...

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Converged core network part of Levi’s Stadium $200 M enhancement plan

Ten years after opening as the first-ever stadium built expressly with fan-facing technology in mind, the San Francisco 49ers' Levi's Stadium announced a list of technology improvements meant to keep the venue at the forefront of the connected- and intelligent-stadium world. One of the biggest parts of the project is a full network upgrade, with a new Cisco hyperconverged core...

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