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Stadium Tech Report

February 24th, 2025

Paul Kapustka

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New report: Coors Field gets Wi-Fi 6 upgrade ahead of All-Star Game

Stadium Tech Report is pleased to announce our Summer 2021 issue, which includes an in-depth profile of the new Wi-Fi 6 network upgrade at the Colorado Rockies’ Coors Field, which will host the Major League Baseball All-Star Game this July. Planned ahead of the pandemic, the Coors Field network upgrade includes new equipment from Cisco and some innovative design and...

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T-Mobile, MLB bringing new AR app to Home Run Derby

Baseball fans looking for a new way to watch the All-Star Game Home Run Derby will have an augmented-reality option this year, via a new app developed by T-Mobile and MLB that will use 5G-connected cameras on player hats and catchers' masks to provide a player's point-of-view to the derby action. Though the 5G network that will power the app...

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With no cellular, fans at Austin FC’s Q2 Stadium embrace Wi-Fi

Soccer fans in Austin, Texas, finally have a place to call home for their Major League Soccer franchise with the opening of Q2 Stadium last month. And while the brand-new venue doesn't yet have any cellular carriers providing service on the stadium's distributed antenna system (DAS), it does have a working Wi-Fi 6 network that Austin FC execs say is...

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Mobilitie acquired by BAI Communications

Third-party neutral host operator Mobilitie announced today that it has been acquired by BAI Communications, an Australian-based provider of telecommunication services in urban settings similar to what Mobilitie does in the U.S. market. Though terms of the deal were not announced, press releases about the acquisition pointed to BAI expanding its reach for third-party neutral-host operations into the U.S. market,...

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New technology helps Mobilitie build cutting-edge DAS at TQL Stadium

New technologies like focused lens antennas from MatSing and CPRI-based gear from CommScope helped Mobilitie build a cutting-edge distributed antenna system (DAS) at FC Cincinnati's recently opened TQL Stadium, according to Mobilitie. In an interview with Vijay Patel, Mobilitie's senior director for technical solutions, and Parag Dharia, sales director for CommScope's venues and campus network division, we learned that the...

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Appetize launches payment-processing service

As venues move toward more comprehensive digital solutions for services like ticketing, concessions and retail, it makes sense that service and product providers in the space are moving to make those deployments easier and more integrated. To that end, point of sale solutions provider Appetize recently launched a payment-processing service, in part to help venues seeking to streamline their back-end...

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