As the oldest stadium in major league baseball, the Boston Red Sox’s Fenway Park is a beloved icon, especially for its architectural quirks like the “Green Monster” wall in left field. While endearing and intriguing, those same construction elements — some dating back to the park’s opening in 1912 — also make it extremely challenging to deploy modern wireless technology....
How are venues using technology to help with staffing concerns? And what are the options when it comes to wireless technology to help improve both fan-facing networks and back-of-house operations? Those are just some of the topics that surfaced in our recent 2022 Stadium Connectivity Outlook survey, which we discuss with Verizon's Kevan Akers in this podcast.Akers, the venue subject...
With its stunning space-age architecture, Allegiant Stadium, the home of the Las Vegas Raiders, is a visually striking state-of-the-art stadium design that has already earned rave reviews from fans who have attended events there. But what might be just as important as the sleek construction, great sight lines and eye-popping videoboards is the technology you can't see -- mainly, the...
When it comes to the world of collegiate sports information technology, there may not be two people with more experience than Jim Null and David Payne. And even though Jim (whose full title is senior associate athletic director and CIO / Athletics and Business Advancement) leads the sports IT effort at the Ohio State University while David (senior technology strategist...
This is it! Today is the LAST DAY for you to take our Stadium Connectivity Outlook survey for 2022. We're closing the door to entries at midnight tonight, so please find a few minutes of your time today to complete the survey! Take the survey now! We've given you all kinds of good reasons to take the survey, the main...
I know it's a busy time for most sports teams, venues and IT staffs but we have a deadline request: There are only two weeks left for you to take our Stadium Connectivity Outlook survey for 2022, so please find a few minutes of your time to complete the survey! Take the survey now! We've given you all kinds of...