OK those are good reasons to have it, but none are really good for the Yankees to pay for it. That's what I was going for. Of course with baseball's "here are a million other things you can do aside from watch the darn game" approach, maybe someone will do that.
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OK those are good reasons to have it, but none are really good for the Yankees to pay for it. That's what I was going for. Of course with baseball's "here are a million other things you can do aside from watch the darn game" approach, maybe someone will do that.
Last comment and I'll let this rest....I was proposing that the Yankees (and other major league teams) "official wireless sponsor" (AT&T) would pay for it. Seems logical to be a "total" wireless sponsor it would make sense. That is all. Thanks.
That makes sense.
I bet that whole area around the stadium or any big sporting event would experience the same thing.
I bet that whole area around the stadium or any big sporting event would experience the same thing.
I have NEVER been to one with public WiFi. As a couple of us have said, don't people usually go to a sporting event to watch the event? The number of people who would probably use it is not very high since it would only apply to cell phones with WiFi. That means you have iPhones and a few other smart phone models. Everybody there is broke from buying the tickets, so the people actually with the phones are at home.
Really? I think both the Oakland Coliseum and Willie Mays Park in SF have free public wifi.
This is rather amusing:
http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/nyy/ballpark/new_stadium_features_and_amenities.jsp
http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/nyy/ballpark/new_stadium_features_and_amenities.jsp
yeah... that's because you have to leave the house once in awhile.
The ballpark in Arlington (texas rangers) has free public wifi.
actually, i'm pretty surprised when a major public area DOESN'T have wifi. they almost ALWAYS do. it doesn't always work very well (very rarely, actually) but... it exists.
thanks for the "personal anecdote presented as universal fact" tho... very helpful.
If you look at the last two seasons, the Rays have averaged under 20,000 fans per game. There are probably some high school football games in west Texas that get more than that so I don't think Tropicana is the same ball park as Yankee Stadium (pardon the pun).
Remember when the Yankees were good and you could watch a decent baseball game instead of a 22-4 ass kicking?
But they still have Wifi when the Yankee stadium doesn't... I'm not a Rays fan so....
AT&T Park in SF has free public wifi. Signal was pretty good there as well, and that was with a crowd of around 40,000. Maybe they're still in the process of getting things like that rolling in Yankee Stadium. I guess it would make more sense to have good reception in "AT&T Park" anyway.
maybe its just me but if i ever lost sense and bought an overpriced ticket to a US baseball game, i think i probably would want to get as much of my money's worth out of the game by watching the players swing at baseballs and not be worried about my tweets or internet servicing capaibility.
yawn... sorry just thinking of actually watching baseball...
yawn... sorry just thinking of actually watching baseball...
This is getting silly. People check their phones during pitching changes, between innings, etc. They do the same thing between plays or during halftime of a football game.