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Stadium Tech Report

December 21st, 2024

CommScope

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Wireless upgrades have State Farm Stadium prepared for Super Bowl LVII

Eight years ago, the state-of-the art networks inside the venue now known as State Farm Stadium set one-day records for fan wireless data consumption at Super Bowl XLIX. While the stadium has remained one of the most active large-event venues since then, the ever-increasing demands of wireless users meant that to properly host this year's big game, a full network...

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Editorial

Video Interview: John Short, CommScope

The old proverb that says it takes a lot of wires to make something wireless is never truer than at large public venues like stadiums. At the ALSD Conference and Trade Show earlier this year we sat down with John Short from CommScope to talk about some of the latest trends in stadium infrastructure design, including converged networks. As director...

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Feature

First Look: Climate Pledge Arena

Stadium Tech Report was live in Seattle last week, for the opening days of the "new" home of the NHL's Seattle Kraken, Climate Pledge Arena. Built basically underneath the old roof of the venue previously known as Key Arena, the privately funded, $1.165-billion rebuild led by owners Oak View Group is a completely new facility under the old lead roof,...

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News

Padres, Boingo team on small CBRS network for Petco Park

The San Diego Padres have teamed with Boingo Wireless to deploy a small CBRS network at Petco Park, providing back-of-house coverage to support concessions and ticketing transactions at the Gallagher Square "community gathering space" that is adjacent to the baseball stadium. Though it's just a small network -- meant to provide connectivity for Apple iPad Pros that stadium staff will...

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News

New technology helps Mobilitie build cutting-edge DAS at TQL Stadium

New technologies like focused lens antennas from MatSing and CPRI-based gear from CommScope helped Mobilitie build a cutting-edge distributed antenna system (DAS) at FC Cincinnati's recently opened TQL Stadium, according to Mobilitie. In an interview with Vijay Patel, Mobilitie's senior director for technical solutions, and Parag Dharia, sales director for CommScope's venues and campus network division, we learned that the...

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Feature

From the archives: Tech shines through at Sacramento’s new Golden 1 Center (2017)

In 2016, the Sacramento Kings opened their new home, Golden 1 Center, with an emphasis on technology. As we found in our visit, the cellular distributed antenna system (DAS) and Wi-Fi were first-rate in performance. In a recent phone interview with John Rinehart, president of business operations for the team, he said that all wireless systems are currently running well,...

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