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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Photo Essay: Football at Wrigley Field
Football at Wrigley Field? Those of us old enough can remember the Chicago Bears playing next to the winter-dead ivy, with Gale Sayers romping for touchdowns next to the outfield bleachers. And in 2010, a college game between Northwestern and Illinois took place, but the teams could only rush toward one end zone because the […]
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 […]
