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 […]
The following interview is part of our ongoing Expert Series that asks C-level professionals, team presidents, league executives, athletic directors and other sports influencers about their latest thoughts and insights on new technologies impacting the sports industry. Name: B.J. Vander Linden Company: Larry H. Miller Sports & Entertainment (Utah Jazz, Vivint Smart Home Arena, Salt Lake City Bees (AAA) […]
There’s a mission within the Larry H. Miller Group of Companies, which owns the Utah Jazz and Vivint Smart Home Arena, among other sports and entertainment properties. Enrich people’s lives. With that in mind, Josh Barney — Director of Technology & Innovation for Vivint Smart Home Arena — told SportTechie he has tasked himself with […]
As technology continues to exert its enormous impact on sports, the in-game fan experience is extremely important and rapidly changing. Before the advent and mass proliferation of smartphones, teams had the fairly unobstructed attention of their fans. While competing factors weren’t completely absent in the past, the thought process that teams must now consider in […]
Gordon Hayward may be one of the NBA’s brightest up and coming stars, but basketball has always been a team game. The 30 franchises that make up the league have generated a revenue pie in excess of $5 billion. The digital age has enabled this game to reach its worldwide audience anywhere, anytime. Teams can build up their own local fan base through the sundry of platforms available.
Much like our #NFLTechSeries, this time SportTechie delves into the digital strategies–from web, social media, mobile apps, and any other technological connection–of each team and analyzes them, including insights from some of the digital executives involved. Today, the #NBADigitalSeries 2013-14 continues with the Utah Jazz. Stay tuned to for ongoing coverage of the #NBADigitalSeries.
