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Stadium Tech Report

January 22nd, 2025

Stadium Wi-Fi

Feature

Did Verizon push Super Bowl attendees to use 5G instead of Wi-Fi?

The Super Bowl this year once again allowed cellular carriers to see record data usage by fans at the game, with Verizon reporting that it saw its customers use 52.34 terabytes of data "in and around" Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Sunday, besting the mark of 47.8 TB used at last year's big game. But for Super Bowl LVIII,...

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News

New fan survey from Boldyn dives deep into connectivity’s impact on live events

A very interesting survey of connectivity's impact on fans going to live events has surfaced a treasure trove of data points that are worthwhile for anyone in the stadium technology industry to peruse. Conducted by Boldyn Networks, the survey is available for download and after spending a few days sifting through the results I can highly recommend it as too...

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News

San Jose Earthquakes pick Cisco for new Wi-Fi 6 network at PayPal Park

Major League Soccer's San Jose Earthquakes have selected Cisco to provide a new Wi-Fi 6 network at PayPal Park, which is scheduled to be live by the start of the 2024 MLS season, according to the team and Cisco. In a press release the team and Cisco said that the network will provide Wi-Fi to both fans as well as...

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Verizon adds 5G mmWave capacity at Denver Broncos’ Empower Field at Mile High

As part of what looks like a league-wide push to bring more of its 5G services to NFL stadiums, Verizon has deployed new 5G millimeter-wave network assets at Empower Field at Mile High, home of the Denver Broncos. Matt Burns, Verizon network performance manager for the Colorado and Wyoming region, said in a phone interview that during this football offseason...

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Editorial

The time to take the 2023 Stadium Connectivity Outlook survey is NOW

It's that time of the year again, when we ask all our stadium technology professionals to share their insights by taking our annual Stadium Connectivity Outlook survey! And I'm here to tell you today that while the deadline for replies is not tomorrow -- or the next day -- the time for you to take the survey is NOW! If...

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Please take the 2023 Stadium Connectivity Outlook survey!

It's that time of the year again, when we ask all our stadium technology professionals to share their insights by taking our annual Stadium Connectivity Outlook survey! If you are one of our readers who is directly involved with the selection, deployment or approval of in-venue technology deployments (and this can be an in-house or outside consultant role), I ask...

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