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Stadium Tech Report

March 1st, 2025

Paul Kapustka

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With no cellular, fans at Austin FC’s Q2 Stadium embrace Wi-Fi

Soccer fans in Austin, Texas, finally have a place to call home for their Major League Soccer franchise with the opening of Q2 Stadium last month. And while the brand-new venue doesn't yet have any cellular carriers providing service on the stadium's distributed antenna system (DAS), it does have a working Wi-Fi 6 network that Austin FC execs say is...

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Mobilitie acquired by BAI Communications

Third-party neutral host operator Mobilitie announced today that it has been acquired by BAI Communications, an Australian-based provider of telecommunication services in urban settings similar to what Mobilitie does in the U.S. market. Though terms of the deal were not announced, press releases about the acquisition pointed to BAI expanding its reach for third-party neutral-host operations into the U.S. market,...

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New technology helps Mobilitie build cutting-edge DAS at TQL Stadium

New technologies like focused lens antennas from MatSing and CPRI-based gear from CommScope helped Mobilitie build a cutting-edge distributed antenna system (DAS) at FC Cincinnati's recently opened TQL Stadium, according to Mobilitie. In an interview with Vijay Patel, Mobilitie's senior director for technical solutions, and Parag Dharia, sales director for CommScope's venues and campus network division, we learned that the...

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Appetize launches payment-processing service

As venues move toward more comprehensive digital solutions for services like ticketing, concessions and retail, it makes sense that service and product providers in the space are moving to make those deployments easier and more integrated. To that end, point of sale solutions provider Appetize recently launched a payment-processing service, in part to help venues seeking to streamline their back-end...

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Verizon adds 5G to 14 NBA arenas

Remember back at the start of 2020, when we told you that 5G was coming to stadiums? Well that trend is fully underway now, highlighted this week by Verizon's announcement that it had deployed its 5G ultra wideband services in 14 more NBA arenas, part of multi-year partnership agreements between Verizon and now 15 NBA teams. The NBA announcement follows...

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Austin FC picks YinzCam for app, VenueNext for POS

Major League Soccer's Austin FC has selected leading sports venue app provider YinzCam as the developer of the team's app, which will serve both as a game-day information and interaction center as well as a place where fans can view remote action of live games and other video. According to Austin FC President Andy Loughnane, the choice of YinzCam as...

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