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Stadium Tech Report

February 26th, 2025

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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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Verizon reports big customer cellular usage at Kentucky Derby, Miami F1 race

Demand for wireless data at bucket-list events shows no sign of decreasing, as big numbers reported by Verizon for its customers at the recent Kentucky Derby and F1 race in Miami show. According to Verizon, its customers used 39.2 terabytes of data during the recent three-day Miami Grand Prix held around the Hard Rock Stadium complex. According to Verizon statistics,...

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Editorial

Listen in as NASCAR talks about its extensive speedway Wi-Fi deployments

How did NASCAR, Verizon and Extreme Networks team up to bring full fan-facing Wi-Fi 6 networks to numerous NASCAR speedways? Listen in to a recording of our recent webinar to hear the full story and get some insight on what it takes to bring high-definition wireless to some of the largest public venues out there. You can find the recording...

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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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Wicket hits 1 million mark for facial-authentication stadium entries

Facial-authentication technology provider Wicket announced that deployments of its technology for stadium ticketing and entry applications have passed the 1 million successful entries mark, a sign that the method is starting to gain real traction among stadium and venue operators. Following early adoptions of Wicket's technology by the Columbus Crew, the Cleveland Browns, the Atlanta Falcons and the New York...

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