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Stadium Tech Report

December 26th, 2024

Extreme Networks

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Coors Field gets Wi-Fi 6 upgrade ahead of All-Star Game

When Major League Baseball moved this year's All-Star Game from Atlanta to Denver, it no doubt set off a lot of organizational scrambling in order to get Coors Field ready to host the sport's mid-summer celebration. Even with a full house of fans expected in July, one thing that didn't cause any last-minute chaos was the upgrading of the stadium's...

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Cisco signs sponsor deals with NFL, Paris Olympics

Networking vendor Cisco announced sponsorship deals with the NFL and with the 2024 Paris Olympics Tuesday, separate deals that should both increase the exposure of Cisco's name in conversations about football and the Olympics in the near future. For stadium owners and operators, the more potentially interesting deal is between Cisco and the NFL, since many NFL stadiums currently use...

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Extreme Networks to provide Wi-Fi 6 to 16 Major League Baseball stadiums

In one of the biggest sports-venue Wi-Fi deals ever, Major League Baseball said it has selected Extreme Networks as its new "official Wi-Fi solutions provider," a deal that will see Extreme Wi-Fi 6 gear being deployed in at least 16 MLB venues, beginning with the Boston Red Sox's Fenway Park. In an announcement today, Extreme and MLB said the deal...

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Super Bowl LV Wi-Fi: Low total, but per-fan usage remains steady

Thanks to the reduced crowd size due to the Covid pandemic, the total Wi-Fi data used at Super Bowl LV was well below previous years' numbers -- but the data used per device was nearly equal to last year's number, showing that fans are still using their devices at the "big game" with gusto. Because of needs to socially distance,...

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Fewer fans a challenge for Super Bowl LV Wi-Fi

The diminished crowd size that will watch Super Bowl LV live Feb. 7 at Raymond James Stadium presents a unique challenge for the venue's Wi-Fi network operators, who had to fine-tune a wireless deployment that is designed to support a full house. "It's all about optimization of RF [radio frequency]," said John Brams, senior director, venues, retail and logistics at...

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Super Bowl LIV recap: Big jump in per-device usage fuels record Wi-Fi mark

The big game is back on top of the unofficial Mobile Sports Report single-day Wi-Fi rankings, with a mark of 26.42 terabytes of data used at Super Bowl LIV in Miami, according to figures reported by Extreme Networks. What’s most interesting (to us) about the number is that it was generated in a venue that had approximately 8,000 fewer fans...

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