The Los Angeles Football Club has added Amazon’s “Just Walk Out” technology to an existing concession stand at BMO Stadium, the first such stripped-down deployment we’ve seen from Amazon in the stadium space. According to a press release from the club, the King’s Hawaiian Grill stand on the main concourse of BMO Stadium now has […]
Inter Miami CF adds four new ‘outdoor’ Zippin stores at Chase Stadium
The start of Major League Soccer’s 2024 season is also the time for unveiling new additions to stadium technology, and on the checkout-free concession stand front Inter Miami CF is in the early lead with the announcement of four new Zippin-powered stores now open at Chase Stadium. Update, 4/29/24: According to a Zippin LinkedIn post, […]
Super Bowl LVIII sees big jump in per-device Wi-Fi data used en route to new total record of 34.8 TB
The Wi-Fi network data usage at Super Bowl LVIII recorded a big jump in per-device data used en route to a new Super Bowl record for total data used of 34.8 TB, an increase from last year’s Wi-Fi total of 31.5 TB, according to statistics released by Extreme Networks. While the overall total data usage mark from the […]
Artemis partners with Boldyn Networks to demonstrate pCell wireless network in Times Square
With a credible third-party deployment partner in hand, Artemis Networks hopes it may finally have what it needs to make its radically different mobile connectivity technology known as pCell a viable commercial wireless alternative. A full 10 years and one week after first announcing pCell, Artemis announced the particulars of a proof of concept pCell […]
Oak View Group names Katee LaPoff as Chief Technology Officer
Stadium ownership and management concern Oak View Group (OVG) has named longtime stadium technology veteran Katee LaPoff as its new chief technology officer, a promotion from her role as OVG’s senior vice president of project management and technology, which she held for the past three years. In her new role, LaPoff will continue to report […]
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. […]