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Stadium Tech Report

September 16th, 2026

Stadium technology

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From stadium network to district infrastructure

Sports-anchored mixed-use development is changing the economics of venue ownership. Andrew believes it will also change how owners think about connectivity. For much of the last two decades, the wireless challenge in sports was relatively contained. Build enough capacity inside the venue to serve tens of thousands of fans, support increasingly mobile operations and keep pace with the steady growth...

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Editorial

Technical debt is like a hidden tax on stadium business

How much is it costing yours? Stadium owners spend enormous amounts of time tracking construction budgets, operating expenses and capital replacement plans. There is another technology cost they rarely measure: technical debt. The term originated in software development, where it describes the future burden created when organizations make technology choices that solve an immediate problem but make systems more difficult...

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Editorial

Moore’s Law Built Your Stadium. Huang’s Law Is About to Disrupt It.

How AI is exposing the gap between the network you built and the intelligence it needs to carry Every generation or so, a single insight rewires how the world invests in technology. For the last half century, that insight was Moore’s Law. Now there is a second insight known as Huang’s Law. Together they explain why the network infrastructure decisions...

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Editorial

Will AI cause converged networks to cross the chasm?

A familiar pattern runs through the history of modern technology. A new approach proves its value with early adopters, spreads slowly, and then stalls. The broader market watches and waits, not because the technology doesn't work, but because the pragmatic case for disrupting the status quo isn't strong enough yet. Then a new business requirement emerges. The risk of not...

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News

STR Digest – week ending 10/17/25

STADIUM TECHNOLOGY NEWS Orlando Magic, Levy Roll Out 43 VisioLab Self-Checkout Units at Kia Center The Orlando Magic and their concessionaire Levy have introduced 43 VisioLab self-checkout kiosks across 12 food markets inside the Kia Center, marking one of the largest deployments of the AI-based ordering platform in a North American arena. Read more here.  STADIUM PROJECT NEWS USL Approves...

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Editorial

Why you should take our survey

If you are a stadium technology professional, you should be taking our yearly Stadium Connectivity Outlook survey, which is available right here to take right now. TAKE THE SURVEY! I know everyone is busy, and nobody likes the constant asks to take surveys, which have become an AI-driven nag with almost every interaction we have with companies in our daily...

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