The 21st Century Coliseum: How the Sacramento Kings ‘future-proof’ the high-tech Golden 1 Center
What’s it like helping build and “future-proof” the most technologically-advanced sports and entertainment arena in the world? At the 2018 GeekWire Summit, attendees got a behind-the-scenes look at the working being done inside Golden 1 Center, home of the NBA’s Sacramento Kings. Eric King, vice president of technology for the Kings and Golden 1 Center, and Ian Wheat, director of esports and innovation, joined us on stage for a discussion about the 17,608-seat arena that features a 2,500 square foot Tier-4 datacenter with more than 1,000 WiFi Access Points, 900 miles of fiber and CAT6a copper cabling, and redundant 100… Read More