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Stadium Tech Report

November 17th, 2024

Wi-Fi

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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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Acrisure Arena brings hockey, big concerts to the desert

It’s almost the stuff of fever dreams: 28 feet below the sunbaked surface of the southern California desert sits an ice rink that’s home to a professional hockey team. And on at least one Sunday in late January, the arena looked darn near close to capacity. This dusty corner of the Sonoran desert may not look like the most auspicious...

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Wrigley Field adds new technology for security, concessions

The National League's oldest ballpark, the Chicago Cubs' Wrigley Field, has shown the ability to teach other venues about some new technology tricks, as witnessed by Stadium Tech Report in an early June visit. Though the outfield-wall ivy and other trappings never let you forget about Wrigley's heritage, new technologies that include walk-through security screening and optical-scanning concessions checkout terminals...

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New mobile technology from Artemis Networks gets CBRS test network at SAP Center

After eight years of searching for a market for its radically different mobile connectivity technology, long-simmering startup Artemis Networks may have finally found a potential home in private CBRS networks for stadiums. On Wednesday the San Francisco-based startup led by tech entrepreneur Steve Perlman -- whose claims to fame include working on QuickTime at Apple and building WebTV, one of...

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Photo Essay: BTS ‘Army’ swarms Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas

The famed "Army" of fans who follow the K-pop group BTS invaded Las Vegas earlier this month, with more than 200,000 fans attending four shows over two weekends at Allegiant Stadium, according to reports. Stadium Tech Report field scout Delaney Carnes was in attendance at one of the shows on the weekend of April 16-17, and reported nothing but smooth...

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