The NBA’s Utah Jazz have partnered with Vivint Smart Home to open an in-arena sensory room for children with autism spectrum disorder and other intellectual and developmental disabilities. The room, which opens at the Jazz’s Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City on Friday, will debut for Austin Awareness Night when the Jazz face […]
As Major League Baseball kicks off its new season, SportTechie is offering its preview of the top technology storylines for the next seven months, from first pitch on Opening Day to last out of the World Series, with an assist to MLB executive vice president for strategy, technology and innovation, Chris Marinak, who appeared on the […]
The Vegas Golden Knights are attempting to curb attendance of away-team fans at home games in the playoffs with a new digital ticketing program that stops ticket holders from reselling on StubHub. The Las Vegas-based hockey team will offer cheap tickets to season ticket holders for its first-round playoff series through a newly-created “Knights Vow” […]
Peaceful protests following the shooting death of Stephon Clark disrupted a Sacramento Kings game last week, dwindling attendance at the 17,000-seat Golden 1 Center to just 2,400 fans and delaying the final round of the Kings’ March Madness-like Capitalize startup competition. This Sunday, the team held its own NBA-backed protest ahead of its game against […]
Reebok has unveiled a limited-edition 3D-printed running shoe that replaces shoelaces with a new “liquid lace system” in which printed materials are wrapped around the outsole like a vine. The Floatride running shoe was designed at Reebok’s Liquid Factory, a two-year-old futuristic initiative at Reebok that leverages a proprietary liquid material, state-of-the-art software and robotics […]
