Best Cell Service inside game and tailgaiting?
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In stadium WiFi is a pretty crazy expense for something that will be used 6 or 7 times per year. It makes sense in bigger markets where the buildings get used all the time but I think the department can probably spend the money more wisely here.
Looking at a multi-million dollar investment plus upkeep. I'm not sure you'd ever have the demand to make your money back. Maybe I'm an outlier but I kind of like separating myself from the world when I'm tailgating and at a game...
https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2017/03/20/In-Depth/College-wifi.aspx
I think Wifi in the parking lots could be a huge draw. Lots of people would like to use some sort of streaming solution to watch games while tailgating.
I can appreciate that but I'm on Verizon and I can't make phone calls or send texts. That's not fun or convenience, that's necessity.
"It's a necessity to have your car? What the hell did people do 125 years ago?"
Those aren't remotely comparable.
Yeah...that's a 10 year payback completely ignoring maintenance costs not to mention I'm guessing Jamie would rather spend the money elsewhere.
Maybe you don't need to make a call or send a text. Lots of people do. It's 2019 and that's how people communicate.
$25/season ticket at 46K tickets, is $1.1 million. Would it cost over $1 million to install wifi at the stadium? Surely, there is no way it would cost $10 million to install wifi for a 10 year pay back. ISU gets 1 gig internet service, pretty sure its fiber backbone on the aureon network.
I was at Camp Randall a couple years ago and a guy in athletics at Wisconsin told us it was about $10M for their wi-fi install. Something like $13M for both Camp Randall and the Kohl Center but the vast majority was Camp Randall.
This article seems to be in the same neighborhood:
https://www.mobilesportsreport.com/...nsin-takes-on-wi-fi-badger-game-day-upgrades/
If people were looking for in-stadium as well as parking lot coverage I'm guessing $10M would get blown out of the water. The other problem is you'd still be screwed on texts (but would be able to use something like Snapchat to message).
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If you use Imessage, hangout or whatsapp, you'd be just fine
.Thanks for the providing the information that is very interesting! I was just talking the stadium itself but agree if the lots were included, that would greatly increase the costs.
That $10 million Wisconsin spent included a lot more than just wifi though. " upgrades to replace and enhance the underlying infrastructure for the venues – core switching, Wi-Fi access points, an IPTV system, cabling, electrical power and HVAC improvements — $11 million for the whole package"
Camp Randall is fairly dungeon-y so I'd assume it could be done cheaper at JTS with how open it is but the catch is I'm guessing you'd be doing at minimum the S lots and maybe all paved parking too.If you use Imessage, hangout or whatsapp, you'd be just fine
Thanks for the providing the information that is very interesting! I was just talking the stadium itself but agree if the lots were included, that would greatly increase the costs.
