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Stadium Tech Report

January 23rd, 2025

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MatSing antennas, Verizon 5G and AiFi walk-through concessions at Miami F1 race

This weekend's Formula 1 Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix, which gets underway today, will have a host of stadium technologies on hand to help the expected 200,000-plus fans connect and consume while attending the event. Being held on a track built around Miami's Hard Rock Stadium, the F1 event is getting Super Bowl-like connectivity enhancements from sponsor Verizon, which will have...

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Zippin’s checkout-free concessions technology now in 25 stadium stands

Startup Zippin said that its checkout-free concessions technology is now in 25 separate stadium stands spread out among nine different venues, several of which the company has not yet named. In a press release touting some of the company's operational achievements -- including a claim that it has reached "a key milestone" of serving a total of more than 500,000...

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Houston Astros add two Amazon ‘Just Walk Out’ stores at Minute Maid Park

The checkout-free concessions stand movement continues to grow, as the Houston Astros announced the addition of two Amazon-powered "Just Walk Out" stands at Minute Maid Park for the current baseball season. The Just Walk Out technology, which allows customers to pick items and leave without any checkout process, use a prepayment scheme involving either a credit card swiped at the...

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Target Center turned off fan-facing Wi-Fi for Women’s Final Four

In what seems like a strange procedure for a national championship event, the Target Center in Minneapolis turned off fan access to the stadium's Wi-Fi network for the recent NCAA Women's Final Four, forcing visitors to use only cellular communications for any in-venue connectivity. According to a Target Center spokesperson, though the stadium regularly offers free Wi-Fi to fans for...

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Real Madrid picks Cisco for new Wi-Fi 6 network

Spanish soccer club Real Madrid announced it has selected Cisco to build a new Wi-Fi 6 network at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, a deployment that will use more than 1,200 APs to cover the 85,000-seat stadium. In a press release, the club and Cisco said the stadium would also see the deployment of Cisco's IPTV technology for digital signage and in-stadium...

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Walk-through tech provider AiFi secures $65 million in funding from Verizon Ventures and others

Verizon Ventures and Qualcomm Ventures LLC announced strategic investments in AiFi, an autonomous shopping solutions company, as it raised $65 million in a Series B round, with the help of other partners ALDI South Group, Żabka Group and REWE. With the pandemic accelerating the adoption of self-checkout lines and in-store pickup, entrepreneurs are creating the next generation of retail,” according...

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