Whether you’re in the largest NFL stadium, or a local minor league baseball stadium, all teams are profitable with the help of corporate sponsorships. From the stadium billboards, to small free giveaways, businesses are constantly trying to reach fans and make an impact on them at a sporting event. But with the threat of the […]
The Buffalo Bills have decided to team up with VITEC and use its powerful digital video service for over 920 high definition digital television displays throughout Ralph Wilson Stadium. The move to implement the video streaming service came in an ongoing $130 million dollar effort to renovate the stadium. Monitors around the stadium will be […]
Lincoln Financial Field and the Philadelphia Eagles have already been working with Extreme Networks. Now the entire NFL will be using their data. (Extreme Networks) New York, NY. — One of the biggest frustrations for the connected sports fan these days is the complete uselessness of their smartphone while attending most sporting events. 50,000 (or more) of fellow fans pack into a stadium and the 4G or Wi-Fi networks are quickly overloaded and unable to provide use. The NFL has been working hard to correct this issue in all stadiums, and yesterday they took a major step towards improvement when they announced the selection of Extreme Networks Inc. as the official analytics provider for the NFL and Super Bowl XLVII....
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Early this season we took a look at the Washington Redskins during our NFL Tech Series and looked at the additions to FedEx Field as well as the new solar initiative at the stadium.
Well, BizTech Magazine just had an exclusive sit-down with Asheesh Kinra, the Redskins VP of information technology, and Sonny Sun, Redskins IT manager who gave a lot of great insight about the new technology additions that have been added at FedEx Field.
Stadiums like the new 49ers stadium (set to open in 2014) have a strong focus on technology (Courtesy of SF 49ers) Sports and Tech Meetup (Bay Area) presented a panel discussing: “Reinventing the Arena Experience.” While the events took place a few months ago, we felt that there were many strong takeaways that could be taken from the discussions that took place. The panel of executives, entrepreneurs, and architects discussed how technology can enhance the game experience. The moderator broke the overall topic into the following subtopics. Panelists included: Chip Bowers – Chief Marketing Officer for the Golden State Warriors David Kaval – President of the San Jose Earthquakes Evan Owens – Co-founder and CEO of PogoSeat Bill Crockett – Director of Sports Architecture, AECOM...
