When Major League Baseball moved this year’s All-Star Game from Atlanta to Denver, it no doubt set off a lot of organizational scrambling in order to get Coors Field ready to host the sport’s mid-summer celebration. Even with a full house of fans expected in July, one thing that didn’t cause any last-minute chaos was […]
University of Arizona taps 1337 Facilities to build ‘flexible’ esports center
After bursting onto the sporting mindset a few years ago with a huge bang, the idea of live-attendance “esports events,” or fans watching competitive organized gaming, has had some problems living up to the hype. While projections of Super Bowl-sized crowds assembling to watch live gaming events haven’t quite materialized yet, the undeniable popularity of […]
Will stadiums embrace smart poles for parking lots?
If providing technology inside a stadium is an accepted idea, bringing more technology to the spaces just outside stadiums — mainly parking lots — is still a work in progress. While venues have tried different types of one-off integrations, like attaching Wi-Fi or cellular antennas to existing light poles, some new offerings are coalescing around […]
New report: Coors Field gets Wi-Fi 6 upgrade ahead of All-Star Game
Stadium Tech Report is pleased to announce our Summer 2021 issue, which includes an in-depth profile of the new Wi-Fi 6 network upgrade at the Colorado Rockies’ Coors Field, which will host the Major League Baseball All-Star Game this July. Planned ahead of the pandemic, the Coors Field network upgrade includes new equipment from Cisco […]
T-Mobile, MLB bringing new AR app to Home Run Derby
Baseball fans looking for a new way to watch the All-Star Game Home Run Derby will have an augmented-reality option this year, via a new app developed by T-Mobile and MLB that will use 5G-connected cameras on player hats and catchers’ masks to provide a player’s point-of-view to the derby action. Though the 5G network […]
With no cellular, fans at Austin FC’s Q2 Stadium embrace Wi-Fi
Soccer fans in Austin, Texas, finally have a place to call home for their Major League Soccer franchise with the opening of Q2 Stadium last month. And while the brand-new venue doesn’t yet have any cellular carriers providing service on the stadium’s distributed antenna system (DAS), it does have a working Wi-Fi 6 network that […]
