After bursting onto the sporting mindset a few years ago with a huge bang, the idea of live-attendance “esports events,” or fans watching competitive organized gaming, has had some problems living up to the hype. While projections of Super Bowl-sized crowds assembling to watch live gaming events haven’t quite materialized yet, the undeniable popularity of […]
Will stadiums embrace smart poles for parking lots?
If providing technology inside a stadium is an accepted idea, bringing more technology to the spaces just outside stadiums — mainly parking lots — is still a work in progress. While venues have tried different types of one-off integrations, like attaching Wi-Fi or cellular antennas to existing light poles, some new offerings are coalescing around […]
New report: Coors Field gets Wi-Fi 6 upgrade ahead of All-Star Game
Stadium Tech Report is pleased to announce our Summer 2021 issue, which includes an in-depth profile of the new Wi-Fi 6 network upgrade at the Colorado Rockies’ Coors Field, which will host the Major League Baseball All-Star Game this July. Planned ahead of the pandemic, the Coors Field network upgrade includes new equipment from Cisco […]
T-Mobile, MLB bringing new AR app to Home Run Derby
Baseball fans looking for a new way to watch the All-Star Game Home Run Derby will have an augmented-reality option this year, via a new app developed by T-Mobile and MLB that will use 5G-connected cameras on player hats and catchers’ masks to provide a player’s point-of-view to the derby action. Though the 5G network […]
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 […]
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 […]
