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Stadium Tech Report

November 17th, 2024

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Did Verizon push Super Bowl attendees to use 5G instead of Wi-Fi?

The Super Bowl this year once again allowed cellular carriers to see record data usage by fans at the game, with Verizon reporting that it saw its customers use 52.34 terabytes of data "in and around" Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Sunday, besting the mark of 47.8 TB used at last year's big game. But for Super Bowl LVIII,...

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Eagles tap Verizon, AiFi for checkout-free concession stands at Lincoln Financial Field

Fans visiting the Philadelphia Eagles' Lincoln Financial Field will get their first chance to use checkout-free concession technology there later this month when two stores powered by technology from Verizon and AiFi will be open for business. Called the "On the Fly" express shops, the stores use overhead camera and AI technology from checkout-free startup AiFi and 5G services from...

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JMA Wireless brings innovative 5G DAS to Syracuse University’s JMA Wireless Dome

One of the most unique collegiate sports and entertainment venues in the United States now has leading-edge cellular wireless network coverage, thanks to a partnership between Syracuse University and JMA Wireless that brought an innovative 5G-ready distributed antenna system (DAS) to the JMA Wireless Dome. Formerly known as the Carrier Dome, the on-campus 45,000-seat domed stadium is unique to the...

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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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Editorial

The time to take the 2023 Stadium Connectivity Outlook survey is NOW

It's that time of the year again, when we ask all our stadium technology professionals to share their insights by taking our annual Stadium Connectivity Outlook survey! And I'm here to tell you today that while the deadline for replies is not tomorrow -- or the next day -- the time for you to take the survey is NOW! If...

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Please take the 2023 Stadium Connectivity Outlook survey!

It's that time of the year again, when we ask all our stadium technology professionals to share their insights by taking our annual Stadium Connectivity Outlook survey! If you are one of our readers who is directly involved with the selection, deployment or approval of in-venue technology deployments (and this can be an in-house or outside consultant role), I ask...

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