The National Football League (NFL) team Tennessee Titans has announced that they have chosen Extreme Networks to deliver advanced wireless connectivity throughout the New Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee (US).
‘Extreme networks’ stated that the venue will be the first to deploy Extreme Multi-Beam Wireless™, a first of its kind breakthrough innovation engineered to redefine the Wi-Fi performance in the world’s most demanding environments.
The Extreme Networks will provide a highly connected venue experience.
The Tennessee Titans are a professional American football team based in Nashville, Tennessee (US). They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a Member of the American Football Conference South Division.
The 69,143-seat Nissan Stadium is a multipurpose stadium in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. It is the home field of the National Football League team Tennessee Titans.
The New Nissan Stadium is an indoor multipurpose stadium under construction in Nashville, Tennessee (US) scheduled to open in 2027. It is to replace the existing Nissan Stadium as the home venue for the National Football League (NFL) team Tennessee Titans. The 60,000-seat stadium is projected to cost $2.1 billion – including $1.26 billion of public money – the largest stadium subsidy in US history.
Morrisville (US)-based Extreme Networks, Inc. is a leader in Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered cloud networking focused on delivering simple and secure solutions that help the businesses address challenges and enable connections among the devices, the applications and the users. Extreme Networks push the boundaries of technology thus leveraging the powers of Artificial Intelligence, analytics and automation. Tens of thousands of customers globally trust its AI-driven cloud networking solutions and industry-leading support to enable the businesses to drive value, foster innovation and overcome the extreme challenges.
Connected Venue Experience
‘Extreme networks’ further stated that the Extreme Networks will deliver a state-of-the-art Wi-Fi 7 network to help ensure the fans enjoy seamless connectivity while attending the Tennessee Titans games and the other world-class events. From entering the stadium and using the frictionless markets to sharing content and streaming on the mobile devices the network will provide the speed, reliability and capacity required to support a modern, highly connected venue experience.
Stadium Technology
Averred Andrew McIntyre, Senior Vice-President (SVP), Technology, Tennessee Titans, “We’ve worked closely with Extreme Networks for years to push the boundaries of what’s possible in stadium technology and their expertise in large venue connectivity is unmatched. As the first venue to deploy Extreme Multi-Beam Wireless™ we’re defining the future of stadium connectivity thus enabling a more immersive fan experience and building a network that can support the next decade of live events.”
High-capacity Coverage
The Extreme Multi-Beam Wireless™ is a brand-new technology that combines MatSing’s advanced antenna technology with Extreme’s access points. It is designed to reach every corner of the building providing targeted, high-capacity coverage even with tens of thousands of people connecting at once.
Founded in 2005, Irvine (US)-based MatSing has developed and patented new meta-materials to create the world’s first lightweight and multibeam lens antennas. This new approach for high-performance, high-capacity antenna design is more efficient and offers key advantages over dish and array antennas, the ability to provide broadband coverage, and emit and maintain multiple beams.
‘Bold Vision’
Added John Brams, Senior Vice-President (SVP), Americas at Extreme, “The Titans had a bold vision for their new home and we’re honored they chose Extreme Networks as a partner in bringing it to life. The network will be foundational to every fan, employee and the operational experience inside the stadium and we’re excited to help power a venue built to host the biggest moments in sports and entertainment.”
The features of Extreme Networks’ connectivity solutions include:
- The high-speed Wi-Fi 7 supporting seamless streaming and real-time social sharing for tens of thousands of concurrent users;
- The Extreme Network Fabric provides self-healing rerouting, policy-based management and automated scaling across the event spaces, from regular season games to Super Bowl LXIV;
- The Extreme Platform ONE™ gives the operators the unified network management, the real-time analytics and the end-to-end visibility and AI capabilities from a single platform; and
- The Extreme Multi-Beam Wireless™ is the first hyper-directional antenna solution for Wi-Fi – delivering the targeted high-capacity coverage with precision across every corner of a 60,000-seat venue.
Extreme Powers the NFL
The Tennessee Titans are now the 12th National Football League (NFL) team/stadium to leverage Extreme Wi-Fi to power high-density wireless connectivity, mobile services and enhanced fan experiences throughout the stadium. Additionally, 30 teams have deployed ExtremeCloud Business Insights, a platform designed to turn the stadium Wi-Fi data into insights about the fan behavior, the application usage, engagement, helping the teams improve the gameday experience, the personalize services, and the optimize operations.
The Super Bowl LXIV (Super Bowl 64) is the planned NFL Championship game for the 2029 season scheduled to be played in February 2030. It will take place at the New Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee, marking the first time the Super Bowl has been hosted in the State.
New York (US)-based the National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league in the United States. Composed of 32 teams it is divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada and the highest professional level of American football in the world.
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