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Stadium Tech Report

November 17th, 2024

Verizon

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Survey Says: Staffing replaces Covid as venues’ top concern

What is the top concern of venues this year? According to the results of our annual Stadium Connectivity Outlook survey, finding enough people to help staff the return of capacity crowds to venues was top of mind among the stadium technology professionals who participated in our survey. In a partnership with sponsor Verizon, in August and September of this year...

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Phoenix Raceway adds 2 checkout-free stores, 1 Amazon and 1 Verizon/AiFi

Phoenix Raceway announced it will open two checkout-free concession stores ahead of this weekend's NASCAR championship weekend, one using Amazon's Just Walk Out technology and the other using technology from Verizon and AiFi. According to announcements from the raceway and the companies, the Verizon/AiFi store will offer both drinks and snacks, while the Amazon store will offer only drinks. Like...

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Editorial

Two weeks left: Time to take the Stadium Connectivity Outlook survey!

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...

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Checkout-free concessions stands ready to multiply at stadiums

Once a curiosity deployed mainly in trial situations, the concessions technology known as "checkout free" or "just walk out" is ready for its prime-time moment in stadiums, with a host of new deployments already announced or coming soon to a venue near you. Leading suppliers of the technology are currently busy announcing new stadium stores, with more announcements expected before...

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Verizon sees 17 TB of cellular traffic at Indy 500

Verizon announced it had seen 17 terabytes of cellular traffic at the recent Indianapolis 500 race, an event where Verizon continued its string of high-profile game-day applications using its 5G services. Like at this year's Super Bowl and also at the recent F1 race in Miami, Verizon customers at the Indy 500 were able to see multiple real-time camera views...

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