Brian Mirakian is a smart man. He is the director of Populous Activate in the Americas, and he presented a wonderful, thoughtful session at this year’s South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas. His session, “The New Cathedral: Sports Stadiums,” took a look at t

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The L.A. Kings and San Jose Sharks’ NHL Stadium Series game at Levi’s Stadium was streamed in 360-degree, high-definition virtual reality when it was played on February 21. The experience was a collaboration among the hockey league, cloud graphics start-up Otoy, New Deal S

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I want to point you in the direction of a good article on TechCrunch written by one of our Allied members. In “4 Ways Stadium Hospitality Technology is Defending the Live Event,” Centerplate’s Bob Pascal asserts that innovation at stadiums is reinventing the guest ex