While fans are still not allowed to attend events at most stadiums in the U.S., sports venues across the country are now being pressed into service as mass vaccination sites in the latest step in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic. From Gillette Stadium, home of the NFL’s New England Patriots, to Dodger Stadium and […]
SoFi Stadium’s videoboard takes technology to new heights
Once just a vision captured by artist renderings, the main video board at SoFi Stadium is now a stunning reality, showing what’s possible when you combine a powerful idea with the technology, construction expertise and the will to make it so. While fans will have to wait for the pandemic to subside before they can […]
Niners test 8K cameras for replays at Levi’s Stadium
When fans are allowed back into Levi’s Stadium, they will be able to see some replays in the highest definition ever, thanks to an experiment that uses 8K camera technology to zoom in like never before. Born out of a partnership between the San Francisco 49ers and Foxconn Industrial Internet (Fii), the team has mounted […]
Perform Path intros UV-light ‘disinfection box’ for sports equipment
As teams start playing sports in the middle of a pandemic, one obvious question arises: How do you disinfect the balls used in the games, since they have the potential to be touched by many players during live action? One answer is now available from Perform Path, a startup purveyor of UV-light disinfectant solutions for […]
Converged Innovation: SoFi Stadium’s networks break new ground
When you spend more than $5 Billion building a revolutionary-looking new sports and entertainment venue, it’s a good bet that the technology found inside would be the best that could be found. What’s truly innovative at the new SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles is not just the quality and functionality of the technology’s pieces and […]
Innovation and experience leads the technology development at Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium
As befits its futuristic appearance, the new home of the newly named Las Vegas Raiders is also fitted with the latest in fan-facing technologies, deployments that will have to wait a bit before their potential can be realized. Though the $2-billion, 65,000-seat stadium “officially” opened on Sept. 21 with a 34-24 Raiders victory over the […]
