Yankees take Cisco out to their New Ballpark!
It’s been a big day for news at Cisco. In addition to our ASR9000 launch, we unveiled an extra special new customer in New York this morning. Amid a sea of flashbulbs and camera shutters, Cisco CEO, John Chambers and sports practice VP, Ron Ricci, joined New York Yankees executive vice president, Hal Steinbrenner and COO, Lonn Trost for a press conference in Manhattan at which we announced that the new Yankee Stadium, set to open April 2009, will be outfitted with state-of the art Cisco technologies. A new Cisco connected sports technology called StadiumVision™ will be central to the fan experience at the new ballpark. In addition to broadcasting live game footage, StadiumVision will be capable of simultaneously providing up-to-date sports scores, Yankees trivia, news and weather via more than 1100 IPTV monitors throughout the stadium. At the conclusions of games, these monitors will allow the Yankees to direct patrons to the nearest exits and provide up-to-the-moment traffic information. StadiumVision is one of a host of technologies from Cisco that will make the new Yankee stadium the most technologically advanced game-day experience in baseball. In addition to StadiumVision, the new Yankee Stadium will feature premium luxury suites outfitted with touch-screen Internet Protocol (IP) phones that will allow fans to order concessions and Yankees merchandise for delivery to the suite. The new stadium has also been designed with an eye to the future. It will be equipped to support future fan use of mobile devices for ordering concessions from their seat, viewing instant replays or chatting real-time with other friends inside and outside the Stadium. You can watch the press conference here or get a video tour of the new stadium here.
Posted by David McCulloch at 10:25AM PST
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