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Stadium Tech Report

December 26th, 2024

Hard Rock Stadium

News

Verizon test-drives small CBRS network at Miami F1 race

Verizon has deployed a small CBRS network to support some back-of-house operations at this weekend's Formula 1 Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix, according to the company. Applications supported by the network include point of sale, ticket scanning, and photo uploads for professional photographers at the race. While the CBRS network is just a very small part of Verizon's overall wireless preparations...

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News

Nissan Stadium adding five Zippin checkout-free stores

Nissan Stadium, home of the NFL's Tennessee Titans, will be adding five checkout-free concession stands using technology from Zippin, a San Mateo, Calif.-based startup. According to Zippin and the Titans, the stores will be ready for operation by the NFL preseason games this summer. Zippin, the leader in the checkout-free sports stadium concession stand race, now has 30 stadium stores...

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News

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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Editorial

Column: Fans are returning. Is your venue really ready?

As spring turns into summer, it seems like every day there are new pieces of good news arriving. With more areas of the country seeing the pandemic in recession, more and more cities and states are giving venues permission to hold full-attendance events. For those of us in the events business as well as those who drive our business --...

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Editorial

Pandemic planning puts focus on venue entry, concessions

As some venues take baby steps forward in allowing limited fan attendance at events, for most venues the ongoing effects of the Covid-19 pandemic are forcing owners and operators to take a longer look at the technologies and procedures that can help provide safer situations for large crowds inside public spaces for the foreseeable future. And if keeping fans farther...

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Feature

Super Bowl LIV recap: Big jump in per-device usage fuels record Wi-Fi mark

The big game is back on top of the unofficial Mobile Sports Report single-day Wi-Fi rankings, with a mark of 26.42 terabytes of data used at Super Bowl LIV in Miami, according to figures reported by Extreme Networks. What’s most interesting (to us) about the number is that it was generated in a venue that had approximately 8,000 fewer fans...

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