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Stadium Tech Report

October 5th, 2024

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Editorial

Why you should take our survey

If you are a stadium technology professional, you should be taking our yearly Stadium Connectivity Outlook survey, which is available right here to take right now. TAKE THE SURVEY! I know everyone is busy, and nobody likes the constant asks to take surveys, which have become an AI-driven nag with almost every interaction we have with companies in our daily...

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Feature

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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News

Bryan Bedford to lead ‘version 2.0’ of Cisco’s sports and entertainment group

Cisco has named Bryan Bedford as global industry director for Retail, Hospitality, Sports, Media and Entertainment, the new name of the organization previously known as the company's "sports and entertainment" division. For as long as there have been networks inside stadiums, networking giant Cisco has always been a part of the stadium infrastructure marketplace. From core networking to Wi-Fi to...

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New fan survey from Boldyn dives deep into connectivity’s impact on live events

A very interesting survey of connectivity's impact on fans going to live events has surfaced a treasure trove of data points that are worthwhile for anyone in the stadium technology industry to peruse. Conducted by Boldyn Networks, the survey is available for download and after spending a few days sifting through the results I can highly recommend it as too...

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News

UPDATE: DGP acquired by fiber concern AFL

UPDATE: The companies announced the acquisition on Jan. 3. We will update the story as we get more information. DAS Group Professionals (DGP), a small firm that has led some of the biggest deployments of distributed antenna system (DAS) networks at sports stadiums, is in talks to be acquired by America Fujikura Ltd. (AFL), a large fiber optic business concern,...

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Verizon adds 5G mmWave capacity at Denver Broncos’ Empower Field at Mile High

As part of what looks like a league-wide push to bring more of its 5G services to NFL stadiums, Verizon has deployed new 5G millimeter-wave network assets at Empower Field at Mile High, home of the Denver Broncos. Matt Burns, Verizon network performance manager for the Colorado and Wyoming region, said in a phone interview that during this football offseason...

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