Latin America. Stadiums are massive structures that offer majestic experiences for all fans; whether it's for a football championship match, a massive concert or a car race, virtually every stadium around the world wants to offer an unforgettable experience, as long as it's for the better. In a digital world, always connected, the key for fans to live a satisfactory stay is in a secure, stable and fast internet connection that allows them to upload as many photos as they want.
"While stadiums have great structural challenges in achieving excellent connectivity, they also offer exceptional opportunities when connectivity is in order," said Melissa Strait, Executive Assistant to the CTO Office at CommScope. "The shopping area, the HD cameras with facial recognition, the lights and even the food area all involve greater bandwidth to be able to support the amount of data that is transmitted over the Internet during an event."
Because of this, in the future stadiums will have to function as "mini smart cities". Like smart cities, a stadium must have an infrastructure that guarantees attendees the connectivity and network availability necessary to meet each and every one of their needs throughout the venue.
For Melissa Strait, a stadium should not only allow its fans to arrive and leave the site with ease, "a connected and intelligent stadium must also be able to monitor the availability of parking or offer them public transportation alternatives. But not only that, it must also guarantee them constant and efficient connectivity. For example, at Houston Texas' NRG Stadium, CommScope strategically placed 783 antennas throughout the building to provide greater bandwidth, not only within the stadium, but also in its surroundings."
But there is more, a smart stadium, in addition to allowing great connectivity to fans to share their photos, send messages to their friends and download content, will have to ensure a sufficient network so that fans can find nearby restaurants, hotels, etc. In this way, an ecosystem of hotels, means of transport, restaurants, and other places is created; a memorable experience for attendees to prefer to go to the stadium than stay at home to watch the game on television.
Today's sports and entertainment complexes must be ready for the network demands that fans have. "In the United States, CommScope has supplied copper and fiber solutions in stadiums and racetracks, such as Daytona International Speedway, to increase WiFi capacity. While in Latin America it has collaborated in football stadiums, such as Rayados de Monterrey, with the most advanced technology to make the cellular network more efficient, expand the coverage of wireless connections, guarantee the correct functioning of video and audio systems, etc. Whether it's football stadiums, soccer or racetracks, service providers must prepare to meet all fan expectations, and even more so, to withstand future demands," said Melissa Strait, Executive Assistant to the CTO Office at CommScope.
