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Dickies Arena reaping benefits of ‘LED 2.0’ stadium lighting advancements
In multipurpose arenas, where revenue depends on hosting a wide range of events, reducing turnaround time between shows is as important to profitability as selling tickets. At Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, the installation of a new LED stadium lighting system has nearly paid for itself thanks to a reduction in lighting setup times. This allows the venue to...
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Case Study: Enabling next-generation connectivity at Hollywood Park
A Scalable Neutral Host DAS Architecture Supporting Global Events and Mixed-Use Development Executive Summary Hollywood Park, home to SoFi Stadium, has emerged as one of the most ambitious mixed-use sports and entertainment developments in the United States, creating new demands for scalable, high-capacity wireless infrastructure. Spanning approximately three hundred acres, the campus integrates stadium, retail, entertainment, hospitality, and public gathering...
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How modern stadiums are eliminating an entire layer of AV infrastructure
For years, stadium technology teams have accepted a surprisingly inefficient workflow as standard practice. IPTV systems delivered television across the venue as IP multicast streams, only for the audio portion of those streams to be broken back out into analog signal chains before eventually returning to the network again. In his new white paper, Keeping IPTV Audio in the IP...
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What 7,000 RPM taught us about building smarter stadiums
Inside the latest STR Converge Executive Leadership Summit There is a moment, somewhere around the third lap at Kansas Speedway, when a NASCAR race car stops feeling dangerous and starts feeling like a negotiation. The machine wants to go. The track is designed for it. The only thing holding the car back is a rookie driver who does not yet...
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Bringing the power of IP networks to stadium audio
The advent of digital networks for audio in stadiums has contributed significantly to the rise of audio's importance and economic impact in venue operations. In modern stadiums, few systems command as much capital as audio. Audio is the second-largest technology expense behind LED displays. Along with video, it has become a defining element of the stadium experience -- from emotional...
