I’ve a bit of experience at deploying wifi to stadiums at sports stadiums. The business model is straightforward:
You offer free wifi access to spectators who otherwise would have trouble getting 3G or 4G access due to the short-term convergence of thousands of other spectators.
In return you capture spectators registration details, which you can subsequently use for marketing purposes. You can also force visitors to a landing page after the login, which can carry advertising. Finally, you can control access to premium event-related sites, like gambling. The venue can prohibit access to betting sites apart from their (paying) betting partner.
This technology has been around for a while but the tools and processes to commercialise it are still relatively new.
Venues across the country are already doing all of the above, but we’re only at the beginning of how sports venues engage with the phone in the hands of their in-stadium spectators. The venues control premium content – like replays of goals or key incidents, which they can use to entice stadium visitors to register, login and view adverts. You can view a goal reply on stadium screens, but this technology would allow you to view incident whenever you want, from whatever camera angle you want – great if you’re stuck at one end of the ground and want to see an incident in the opposite penalty area.
Eventually you will be able to order snacks or buy shirts through the same app you use to view replays. The possibilities are endless: view Benchcam to see who is doing what in the technical area, click on your adjacent Kioskcam to see if there’s a queue before leaving your seat.
Sizing an install is a straightforward process. You start with the capacity of the venue, then estimate what percentage you’ll get to register, then estimate how many will want to access the internet simultaneously, then estimate their average bandwidth requirement.
From that you get an estimate of what throughput your access points need (and where they are needed), what routers you need, and the leased line bandwidth. This exercise has been done in practically every town in the country.
It’s inconceivable # 1
It’s inconceivable that the supplier and customer have not gone through this sizing procedure. There will be email trails confirming the process.
It’s inconceivable # 2
It’s inconceivable that a customer expects 100% of their maximum population to register, login and access the internet simultaneously. Especially so if the customer already had a stadium wifi installation and was aware of visitor login profiles. If they did, their supplier would size accordingly, but this would have been well covered during the preliminary conversations.
It’s inconceivable # 3
The deal Newco Rangers are trying to get out of was signed under then chief executive, Charles Green. Star witness for the plaintiff would surely be the directors from the other side who instructed the deal:
Counsel: “Mr Green, as chief executive of Rangers International did you instruct our clients to install a wifi at Ibrox allowing around 10,000 users to simultaneously access the internet?”
Case closed.
The Association, the Affiliation and the Irish Association, by some distance the three largest supporters organisations, all issued statements condemning those who use pyrotechnics at Celtic games.
It’s difficult for any group of people counted in the tens or hundreds of thousands to self-police over decades. One of the functions which makes this possible is that when self-criticism is needed, it happens. There was no whatabouterry in these statements, no blaming the media, just the straightforward message about what this behaviour is doing to Celtic supporters.
I don’t know if these statements will make any difference (all points were previously known), but the wellbeing of the support depends no strong voices stepping forward at the right time, especially when they can be shouted down.
The 3rd Annual Celtic Supporter’s Féile takes place in Philadelphia from 29th-31st January, including a Tommy Burns Supper for the first time. Events are based at The Plough & Stars, in the Old City section of Philadelphia, where Celtic supporters from all over the world will gather.
There’s live music and radio shows, a book launch and a Q&A with Supporters Liason Officer, John Paul Taylor. $5 from each ticket also goes to the Foundation.
Book tickets for the Tommy Burns Supper here. If you need accommodation, special rates are available at the Wyndham Philadelphia Historic District with passcode: Celtic Group.
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Celtic Mac
A front three of Griffiths, Hooper, Fletcher?
Yes please! :)
Hello again all you young rebels.
Had a rummage through some old boxes last night and came
across some old photos, one of them had myself and my son
with our arms round wee Jinky when he worked at the Barras
after he retired, when i showed them to the my grandson he
thought he owned the whole building but no he only worked
there, no disrespect meant to anybody but it’s sad to think our
greatest ever player and a real legend had to work at a stall to
earn a living when he retired especially when you see how much
money impostors like Boerichter take out of our club .
There was an old Daily record which we had kept from the week
in 1968 me and the princess got married ( must be the last one
i ever bought ) with a photo of her uncle who was the manager
of a pub called the Sidelines and it showed him and Bertie Auld
and Joe Mcbride smashing open a huge charity bottle which
yielded the princely sum of £ 18. 5s. 6p. but for the life of me i
can’t remember where that pub was but i’m sure some of you
auld tims will remind me, and that was the days when players or
in my eyes legends had a real affinity with our club.
H.H Mick
MELBOURNE MICK on 13TH JANUARY 2016 9:21 PM
Love your stories.
Didn`t know that about wee Jinky.
Sad.
Great goal, Giroud. Bellerin so fast. 2-3.
Scullybhoy: I’ve been coming to Scotland, mainly Glasgow for more than twenty years. When the horribles existed many neutrals treated Celtic fans with scepticism and I witnessed outright hostility directed at Celtic supporters from the Huns. That changed in 2012. Glasgow is a much more pleasant place to visit now on match days, imo. The community in Stranraer gave a warm and genuinely friendly welcome to Celtic supporters on Sunday – there wasn’t a hint of hostility anywhere. Long may it continue.
Neganon2 thanks for the analysis, it is for others to judge if I have lost my perspective, maybe I have? We are both long in the tooth Celtic fans and both want the best for our club, my “baiting” is part of the cut and thrust of the blog. If I overstepped the mark accept my apology. In conclusion what rips my knitting on here are the political posts – all of them, should be on a more appropriate site. No doubt we will cross swords again. Your gentleman Teuchter friend? H H Hebcelt
James McLean scores at Stamford Bridge. .. well done bhoy
What a touch by Ozil. The way he brought that awkward ball out of the air in full control and then put in a great cross. . . Magical.
HebCelt
A gent as usual
Almore on 13th January 2016 9:32 pm
Scullybhoy: I’ve been coming to Scotland, mainly Glasgow for more than twenty years. When the horribles existed many neutrals treated Celtic fans with scepticism and I witnessed outright hostility directed at Celtic supporters from the Huns. That changed in 2012. Glasgow is a much more pleasant place to visit now on match days, imo. The community in Stranraer gave a warm and genuinely friendly welcome to Celtic supporters on Sunday – there wasn’t a hint of hostility anywhere. Long may it continue.
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Again, nice to hear. Living in the North of Ireland means that most of my friends and acquaintances are from a (C)catholic / (N)nationalist background. Very few now support Celtic, apart from my local CSC of course. They tend to follow MU or Liverpool. They laugh at the quality of football in Scotland and assume that I follow Celtic because I am a bigot, they cannot see any other reason to go and watch Celtic. I am very conscious of the need to promote the good image of Celtic supporters so I appreciate your comments.
HH
SCULLYBHOY on 13TH JANUARY 2016 8:25 PM
thomthethim for Oscar OK on 13th January 2016
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“… there seems to be an increasing, ‘no one likes us and we don’t care’ attitude. Surely, Celtic fans did value the notion that no matter where they went, they tried to befriend people and and leave good memories …”
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Hi Scullybhoy – and hello too to Delaneys Dunkey.
DD – I think Scullybhoy has put it better than I did after Sunday – I appreciate you had a great time with locals, and that’s what I always enjoy about away games, whether in Dingwall or further afield in Europe.
But I have seen myself, and heard of, a good few instances of people purporting to support Celtic who are frankly an embarassment to their families, never mind the ‘traditional’ Celtic support – and much more so over the past 3-4 years. I just worry about an element that has creeped in to our support who seem to have the aggressive, thoroughly unpleasant ‘gang’ attitude that Scullybhoy describes.
Anyway – not wishing to get folks going again about this – was just interested in Scullybhoy’s description of what he sees as a problem too.
Re: Dublin – what is the state of play with weans re: the planned get-together. Wee BGFC is interested, but I think probably not?
HH
BGFC
Nice one Liverpool. 3-3
Last minute free kick Liverpool. Off the wall. But Arsenal don’t seem to want the League title, as they concede again. 3-3. Great game
watching LIVERPOOL V ARSENAL .GIROU lands in crowd.my wife says he is back on “MINUS HIS WATCH”
That felt like a pivotal match for Arsenal in terms of winning the EPL after so many years of missing out. But the soft centre is definitely still there. Suppose if you’ve got the likes of Alexis Sanchez and Cazorla to come back, you’re still in with a good shout, though.
Catman, What is the latest on the transfer front?
Big Georges Fan Club – Hail, Hail, Wee Oscar on 13th January 2016 9:45 pm
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Cheers mate
HH
Almore
I was in a pub before the game and it was a mix of Stranraer and Celtic fans chatting away while the tribute act was on telly, all very friendly.
Melbourne Mick
I remember the Sideline being where London Road Cop Shop was, maybe about 1970 so too young to get in.
TD67, Just spent the weekend with Paul Larkin. He sends his regards.
Sidelines is now the Turnstile just along from the Celtic Way towards Springfield Rd.
HH
Marrakesh,that pub was Morrison`s back in the day,I think Wee Bertie and Joe McBride had part ownership at one time.
A good performance by Jeannette Findlay and Paul Quigley of Fans Against Criminalisation before the Public Petitions Committee on Tuesday.
The whole Youtube video from LawyerTV lasts one and a quarter hours.
If you don’t have that much time go to 30mins and see Jeannette wipe the floor with the obnoxious Kenny MacAskill.
It is truly frightening to think that this clown and the buffoon Stephen House and Campbell Corrigan managed to bounce us into the Offensive Behaviour At Football Matches (OBAFM) Act.
Our club instigated the FoCUS group police force at the JAG meeting that followed the so called shame game and in my opinion also approved of the OBAFM Bill. The former is a matter of record and the latter a matter of conjecture as there are no detailed verbatim minutes of the JAG meetings!
Enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2CErE_uxnw
H.H.
Favourite Uncle
Minus his watch … Snigger
Scullybhoy: I encounter similar amongst the west Brits where I work. However, they are a tiny minority and most staff members recognise and respect my commitment to Celtic. Despite the lure of the EPL, I am the only teacher who organises tours to soccer matches, I.e. Celtic, and I am the only teacher to sell football calendars and raise funds for charity in the name of the football team I support.
I always try and rise above the negativity and cynicism of others, something you as a northern nationalist/catholic will understand more than most, I think.
BGFC: You and Wee BGFC would be most welcome in Dublin for the centenary celebrations and there will be loads for both of you to participate in. The Saturday night could be a problem in that minors must not be in licensed premises after 7pm but all problems are surmountable with the right will. I’ll be at the corner on Jan 23rd and will be happy to talk to you then.
BGFC
I know where you are coming from mate, but the Celtic Soccer Crew have been on the go for all my adult life. What I witnessed from them in the past makes the wee eejits fae Sunday look like choirbhoys.
I am bringing my 22 year old baby to Dublin. Hope you bring the wee man. :)
Hail Hail
Marrakesh: that was my experience too, even in the Stranraer FC supporters club. And at less than a tenner for a round of four drinks, I’ll be back:-)
Off to mo leaba. Will catch up in the morning.
Sad to hear of the passing of Sheriff James Irvine Smith who ruled on the Ibrox disaster.
He famously sentenced habitual drunkard Barney Noone who was fond of giving statements in verse in like kind, thus: “30days hath September, April June and Barney Noone!”
He was a decent man, and a fine sheriff who gave a damning, and comprehensive verdict against the Rangers board who were left with no room for appeal on the substantive findings, but did appeal the award of costs.
Rangers tried to reduce Irvine Smith’s award on appeal and also wanted monies from The Lord Provosts Appeal Fund used to compensate the successful claimants for damages. You won’t read that in the newspapers when the tragedy is reported.
RIP
big nan
Having been at the so called ‘Shame Game’, a description conjured up by the Daily Record, it has long stuck in the craw that those penalized by the legislation which followed it were football supporters. That Celtic, in any way, shape or form were party to the meetings, (summits?) that helped lead to the OBF Act is still, to this day nothing short of shameful, (and I do not say that lightly about our club), and a factor which has made it all the more difficult to oppose the legislation itself no matter how discriminatory or odious it was, and has continued to be.
Match of the Day on BBC1@10.45,should be worth a watch
Celtic Mac on 13th January 2016 10:29 pm
Agreed
Big Nan Barney Noone was he redheaded. and did he come from Brigton.
The boy Ajer looks to be a bargain buy.17 years old,6 ft 5 in,and very skilfull,according to reports from Lennoxtown.Talk is he was very impressive in his week,and reports are he wants to sign.Lets see.I would imagine RD wants him,but we will wait and see.I dont hold my breath on anything concerning our transfer activity,but this boy looks the businessI would also like to see a deal done ,if possible,for Fletcher.Too much snobbery on this site concerning certain players.He could be dynamite upfront with LG.I hope,but could all be nonsense.
BIG NAN on 13TH JANUARY 2016 10:24 PM
From memory the huns didn’t appeal Irvine Smith’s decision.
His summary of the evidence, and the views he expressed about their witnesses, made it clear that any appeal would have been on a hiding to nothing.
There was a separate court action to have the donation they’d made to the disaster fund deducted from the award of damages. They lost that as well.
As you say none of this is mentioned now.
Only in Scotland.
Irvine Smith was a one off, and his like will not be seen again. May he rest in peace.
Lucky White heather, Liverpool equalise in injury time…..and desevedly so. Good film on the Magic Kodi box is Brooklyn. I got it on Hulubox, about a young lady who emigrates to NY in the 50’s from Wexford. A lovely story.
Turkey hoy
My guess on Ajer is that the price is right, the player wants Celtic. Celtic want the player. Lawwell will leave it to last minute of window and offer a lower bid…. Sound familiar?
Turkeybhoy
Apologies
I heard today that the boy has gone home and nothing is happening, but as Cults said, Pedro will leave it to the last day if he is to persue it.
https://t.co/koGxJ29xGj