The Amazon “Just Walk Out” store concept, which is gaining popularity with stadium deployments, will be used at three concession stands at Texas A&M’s Kyle Field, with all stores scheduled to be open by the start of the 2022 football season, according to Amazon, caterers Levy and the school. By our count, the three stores […]
Photo Essay: Boston, SF arenas shine during NBA Finals
In addition to the exciting basketball played on the floor, the arenas that hosted the recent NBA Finals lived up to the championship moment, with state of the art videoboards at both San Francisco’s Chase Center and Boston’s TD Garden leading the technology way for fans lucky enough to have a ticket. Stadium Tech Report […]
Wrigley Field adds new technology for security, concessions
The National League’s oldest ballpark, the Chicago Cubs’ Wrigley Field, has shown the ability to teach other venues about some new technology tricks, as witnessed by Stadium Tech Report in an early June visit. Though the outfield-wall ivy and other trappings never let you forget about Wrigley’s heritage, new technologies that include walk-through security screening […]
Verizon sees 17 TB of cellular traffic at Indy 500
Verizon announced it had seen 17 terabytes of cellular traffic at the recent Indianapolis 500 race, an event where Verizon continued its string of high-profile game-day applications using its 5G services. Like at this year’s Super Bowl and also at the recent F1 race in Miami, Verizon customers at the Indy 500 were able to […]
New mobile technology from Artemis Networks gets CBRS test network at SAP Center
After eight years of searching for a market for its radically different mobile connectivity technology, long-simmering startup Artemis Networks may have finally found a potential home in private CBRS networks for stadiums. On Wednesday the San Francisco-based startup led by tech entrepreneur Steve Perlman — whose claims to fame include working on QuickTime at Apple […]
SoFi Stadium’s converged network saw 53 petabytes of traffic for Super Bowl 56
In what has come to almost be expected, Super Bowl LVI at SoFi Stadium set a record for fan usage of Wi-Fi. But the number that stole the show at the NFL’s 56th “big game” was 53 — as in 53 petabytes — the amount of traffic carried by the stadium’s converged IP network that […]
