Welcome to the fourth issue of our NINTH year of STADIUM TECH REPORTS, the Winter 2023 issue! These long-form reports are designed to give stadium and large public venue owners and operators, and digital sports business executives a way to dig deep into the topic of stadium technology, via exclusive research and profiles of successful […]
Madison Square Garden’s investment arm acquires big chunk of security-scanning provider Xtract One
Weapons detection technology provider Xtract One announced a fund-raising agreement with the investment arm of Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. under which MSG Sports may eventually own as much as 28 percent of Xtract One’s stock. The two-part deal includes an initial investment of $6.3 million by the venture-funding arm of MSG Sports, with a […]
Verizon, AT&T break records for big-game cellular data use at Super Bowl LVII
Any doubt that wireless data usage at big events is continuing to grow was put to rest today, when Verizon and AT&T reported at combined 68.8 terabytes of data use in and around State Farm Stadium during Sunday’s Super Bowl LVII — about 58 percent more than the total seen last year. Both Verizon’s reported […]
Wireless upgrades have State Farm Stadium prepared for Super Bowl LVII
Eight years ago, the state-of-the art networks inside the venue now known as State Farm Stadium set one-day records for fan wireless data consumption at Super Bowl XLIX. While the stadium has remained one of the most active large-event venues since then, the ever-increasing demands of wireless users meant that to properly host this year’s […]
Verizon, NFL team up on private CBRS stadium networks
Verizon and the NFL announced a 5-year partnership under which Verizon will build private CBRS-based networks for all of the NFL’s 30 stadiums, initially to support on-field communications but with the ability to host other security- and bandwidth-sensitive back-of-house applications as well. According to Verizon, the all-important coach-to-coach game-day headset communications will run off the […]
IDmission brings online ID verification to stadium concessions
BOULDER, Colo. — IDmission is on a mission. A mission to help bring faster and more secure ID and age verification and payments verification to stadium concession operations. To be clear, it’s not the company’s only mission. In fact, it’s currently only a very small part of IDmission’s overall business, in which it serves more […]
