As one of the latest teams to join a growing trend, the Denver Broncos recently added walk-through weapons detectors to their entry systems at Empower Field at Mile High, greatly speeding up fan entry times, according to stadium IT executives. By combining walk-through weapons detectors from CEIA USA with a deployment strategy that pushed the […]
Super Bowl LVIII coming to Las Vegas and Allegiant Stadium
The Las Vegas Raiders announced today that NFL owners have awarded Super Bowl LVIII to Las Vegas, meaning the “big game” will be coming to the Raiders’ new home, Allegiant Stadium. Scheduled for February 11, 2024, the game marks the first time the Super Bowl will be held in the state of Nevada. The new […]
Video Interview: Jackie Slope, Honda Center
What can venues do from a technology standpoint to make fans feel comfortable about returning to live events? That’s one of the primary concerns right now for Jackie Slope, vice president of technology at the Honda Center, who joined us at the ALSD Conference and Trade Show in Las Vegas earlier this year. Slope, who […]
Venues look to 5G for new content experiences
With 5G cellular services starting to appear in more and more sports venues, the question we had for our audience of stadium IT professionals was, what do you plan to do with the new technology? According to the responses to our Stadium Connectivity Outlook survey, venues see 5G and mobile edge computing (MEC) as technologies […]
Video Interview: Todd Landry, JMA Wireless
If you have spent any time in the stadium and large public venue wireless world, you no doubt have heard of JMA Wireless, a company whose gear is at the heart of many venue cellular infrastructures around the country and around the world. And if you know JMA, you probably know Todd Landry, corporate vice […]
Survey says: Venues seek to improve security plans
One of the more striking responses in our recent Stadium Connectivity Outlook survey was the one where 85 percent of all respondents said that their current security stance was merely “adequate” or “not good enough.” As security concerns increase and as digital touchpoints also expand, it’s also perhaps not a surprise that planned spending on […]
