How did NASCAR, Verizon and Extreme Networks team up to bring full fan-facing Wi-Fi 6 networks to numerous NASCAR speedways? Listen in to a recording of our recent webinar to hear the full story and get some insight on what it takes to bring high-definition wireless to some of the largest public venues out there. You can find the recording...
Stadium Tech Report's main "news feed" -- our chronological list of published posts -- will now include submissions from our sponsor partners, starting today. There are several reasons behind this innovation, but believe me when I say it's all being done mainly for the benefit of our readers. Yes, it's also a business decision. But I would like to take...
On and off the pitch, it was a successful debut season for Major League Soccer's St. Louis City SC and their new home, CityPark. Listen in as we talk with chief experience officer Matt Sebek about how all the strategy and planning behind CityPark's innovative technology and operations set the table for the amazing first year of operations. Looking back...
While I always enjoy telling specific stories about a successful venue technology deployment, one of the more interesting things we do here every year at Stadium Tech Report is our annual Stadium Connectivity Outlook survey -- where we ask our community of stadium technology professionals to tell us what's going on at their venues, what their objectives and concerns are,...
It's always fun to drill down into the replies to specific questions we asked in our yearly Stadium Connectivity Outlook survey. The one we are highlighting here, about what venue tech operators' top concerns are for the next 12 months, provides a pretty clear answer: Budgets, and all the input that influences them, are top of mind for the stadium...
With the recent explosion of stadiums deploying new technology in just about every phase of venue operations, it’s easy to get caught up in the idea that technology alone can help solve multiple game-day pain points. But one thing struck me as I visited several stadiums this year, watching closely how fans interact with new technology: Without trained staff to...