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Stadium Tech Report

January 2nd, 2025

CommScope

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Padres, Boingo team on small CBRS network for Petco Park

The San Diego Padres have teamed with Boingo Wireless to deploy a small CBRS network at Petco Park, providing back-of-house coverage to support concessions and ticketing transactions at the Gallagher Square "community gathering space" that is adjacent to the baseball stadium. Though it's just a small network -- meant to provide connectivity for Apple iPad Pros that stadium staff will...

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New technology helps Mobilitie build cutting-edge DAS at TQL Stadium

New technologies like focused lens antennas from MatSing and CPRI-based gear from CommScope helped Mobilitie build a cutting-edge distributed antenna system (DAS) at FC Cincinnati's recently opened TQL Stadium, according to Mobilitie. In an interview with Vijay Patel, Mobilitie's senior director for technical solutions, and Parag Dharia, sales director for CommScope's venues and campus network division, we learned that the...

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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 systems are currently running well,...

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Smaller crowd leads to smaller cellular numbers at Super Bowl LV

With limited attendance due to the Covid pandemic, the best bet on Super Bowl LV was that the fans’ wireless traffic usage totals — which in past history have only gone up every year — would be diminished from previous events. And even as the carriers continue to report numbers with parameters that make them hard to analyze, the bottom...

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Innovation and experience leads the technology development at Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium

As befits its futuristic appearance, the new home of the newly named Las Vegas Raiders is also fitted with the latest in fan-facing technologies, deployments that will have to wait a bit before their potential can be realized. Though the $2-billion, 65,000-seat stadium “officially” opened on Sept. 21 with a 34-24 Raiders victory over the New Orleans Saints, a decision...

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