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Stadium Tech Report

November 12th, 2024

Editorial

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 that will help them bring...

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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 president for product and market...

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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 cybersecurity measures was the No....

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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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Video Interview: Robert Cordova, Milwaukee Bucks

What are the connectivity issues that arise when your team becomes a world champion? That was part of the questioning line we had for Robert Cordova, chief technology and strategy officer for the Milwaukee Bucks, when he joined us for a video interview at the ALSD Conference and Trade Show earlier this year. Topics we discussed included not only connectivity...

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Survey says: Covid resurgence the top concern for venues

What is the top concern of venues this year? According to the results of our Stadium Connectivity Outlook survey, the possible resurgence of the Covid-19 pandemic was easily the top answer among the 100-plus stadium technology professionals who participated in our survey. Fans attending games at SoFi Stadium need to show proof of Covid vaccination. Credit all photos: Paul Kapustka,...

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