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Stadium Tech Report

February 26th, 2025

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Fans flock to new Wi-Fi 6E network at Utah’s Rice-Eccles Stadium

After years of attending events in a Wi-Fi desert, fans at the University of Utah's Rice-Eccles Stadium have been soaking up bandwidth this football season, averaging 5.3 terabytes of data used per game on the venue’s new Wi-Fi 6E network. Underseat Wi-Fi deployment at Rice-Eccles Stadium. Credit: University of Utah In addition to providing Utes fans with an amenity they...

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Full-stadium Wi-Fi at Neyland Stadium ready for Vols fans in 2024

Step aside, Taylor Swift. If you really want to test your full stadium Wi-Fi deployment, have Peyton Manning escort Dolly Parton out to midfield at a Georgia-Tennessee game at Neyland Stadium, in the heart of Rocky Top country. That's exactly what happened last fall, and thanks to a full-stadium Wi-Fi 6 deployment using gear from HPE Aruba Networking, the new...

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Verizon sees 40.8 TB of cellular data used on its network at Indy 500

The Indianapolis 500, which is once again attracting sellout crowds, is proving to be a huge wireless-data usage day as well, with Verizon seeing 40.8 TB of data used on its networks in and around the speedway for last Sunday's race. MatSing Lens antennas (big and small ball shapes) helped Verizon cover the massive Indy 500 crowd. While actual attendance...

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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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