Goodbye, old-style walk-up concessions stand. I won’t miss you. I won’t miss waiting in line behind someone who is “buying for everyone,” trying to remember food and drink combinations for the family or the group of friends, then watching concession-stand employees ring up an order, put food items together, take payment and make change. These […]
New Report: FC Cincinnati’s TQL Stadium ready to open
Stadium Tech Report is pleased to announce our Spring 2021 issue, with a profile of the technology being deployed at FC Cincinnati’s new TQL Stadium (formerly known as West End Stadium, before a new sponsorship deal closed on April 21, 2021). With an eye toward making the fan experience better and safer, the Atomic Data-led […]
Baseball opens season, with socially distanced fans
Major League Baseball opened its 2021 season across the U.S. Thursday, with fans in the parks for pretty much the first time in a year. Since the Covid-19 pandemic put live audiences mostly to a halt last March, there had been no fans at MLB games until some limited-attendance experiments at the end of the […]
From the archives: Tech shines through at Sacramento’s new Golden 1 Center (2017)
In 2016, the Sacramento Kings opened their new home, Golden 1 Center, with an emphasis on technology. As we found in our visit, the cellular distributed antenna system (DAS) and Wi-Fi were first-rate in performance. In a recent phone interview with John Rinehart, president of business operations for the team, he said that all wireless […]
Shift4 buys VenueNext for $72 million
Shift4, a provider of integrated payment processing for a wide range of industries including retail, hospitality and lodging, has purchased stadium app provider VenueNext for $72 million to jump-start a bigger move into the large public venue marketplace. According to press materials released by Shift4, the acquisition “significantly expands Shift4’s presence in large and growing […]
From the archives: Orlando Magic will use Wi-Fi to improve connections with fans (2014)
Back in 2014, AmpThink made its public debut as innovators in the high-density Wi-Fi market. While AmpThink had previously participated in several Mobile Network Operator (“MNO”) driven projects including two Super Bowls, the network at the Amway Center was the first project where AmpThink worked for the venue owner. The outcome was a long term […]
