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Stadium Tech Report

August 28th, 2026

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How hyper-directional design unlocks wireless network capacity

A new Stadium Tech Report technical brief shows why channel reuse may be the key to increasing wireless capacity in the seating bowl. For a stadium owner, the wireless goal is pretty simple: make sure tens of thousands of phones work when the building is full. That requires capacity. Much of the progress in wireless capacity has come packaged as...

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Why sports and entertainment venues need to deliver cellular connectivity

Over decades in the wireless business, one thing has become clear: good cell service has become a requirement for stadiums and venues, not a nice to have. At the same time, the large wireless carriers have become progressively less likely to fund cellular installations in venues. As more responsibility shifts to owners, cellular connectivity is becoming a venue investment and...

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Dickies Arena reaping benefits of ‘LED 2.0’ stadium lighting advancements

In multipurpose arenas, where revenue depends on hosting a wide range of events, reducing turnaround time between shows is as important to profitability as selling tickets. At Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, the installation of a new LED stadium lighting system has nearly paid for itself thanks to a reduction in lighting setup times. This allows the venue to...

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Case Study: Enabling next-generation connectivity at Hollywood Park

A Scalable Neutral Host DAS Architecture Supporting Global Events and Mixed-Use Development Executive Summary Hollywood Park, home to SoFi Stadium, has emerged as one of the most ambitious mixed-use sports and entertainment developments in the United States, creating new demands for scalable, high-capacity wireless infrastructure. Spanning approximately three hundred acres, the campus integrates stadium, retail, entertainment, hospitality, and public gathering...

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How modern stadiums are eliminating an entire layer of AV infrastructure

For years, stadium technology teams have accepted a surprisingly inefficient workflow as standard practice. IPTV systems delivered television across the venue as IP multicast streams, only for the audio portion of those streams to be broken back out into analog signal chains before eventually returning to the network again. In his new white paper, Keeping IPTV Audio in the IP...

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What 7,000 RPM taught us about building smarter stadiums

Inside the latest STR Converge Executive Leadership Summit There is a moment, somewhere around the third lap at Kansas Speedway, when a NASCAR race car stops feeling dangerous and starts feeling like a negotiation. The machine wants to go. The track is designed for it. The only thing holding the car back is a rookie driver who does not yet...

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