Who cares??? Thete to watch football not facebook or stream the whole game....it can wait
matt jones said he was disappointed no WIFI in commonwealth
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If it makes him feel any better, my AT&T mobile phone service is essentially useless in AT&T (Dallas Cowboys) Stadium. We won't be the only venue with that issue.
Those of us with kids would really appreciate the ability to make or receive calls from home. Especially with a sick kid or a new baby sitter.
Truth be told, I've never had an issue with signal at CWS. It does slow down but I can still receive texts and male calls and even browse twitter when needed.
-I hope there is no wifi...stop playing with your phone and watch the game. People are terrible these days...no one really wants to know what you are doing 24/7. Social media is a plague. Narcissism is bad. You(myself included) are not that important.
-texting/phone service is important...primarily for the reasons Lord Egg listed above. That is likely up to each provider rather than UK.
-texting/phone service is important...primarily for the reasons Lord Egg listed above. That is likely up to each provider rather than UK.
I like to listen the iHeart play by play on my head set. WiFi is helpful.
I don't expect free Wifi, but I do expect to be able to use my cell phone to either make or receive calls or to text from inside the stadium.
I know I lived a great deal of my life without it and can survive a few hours during a game, but it is not 1995 and people have become reliant on that technology. It's like losing your cable or satellite signal.
What I don't know is if cell phone issues like these are common at other stadiums. All I really ask out of UK is to commit to make CWS at least as fan-friendly as other similar facilities.
I know I lived a great deal of my life without it and can survive a few hours during a game, but it is not 1995 and people have become reliant on that technology. It's like losing your cable or satellite signal.
What I don't know is if cell phone issues like these are common at other stadiums. All I really ask out of UK is to commit to make CWS at least as fan-friendly as other similar facilities.
I listen to the games as well, but use a regular radio and Wi-Fi is not needed. Just a note in case that interests you. I bought a little $20 MP3 player that has a radio and bring headphones to plug into it. Works great and doesn't require AA batteries. I just make sure it's charged up before the game. 
Come on, we can make phone calls from Commonwealth so if you have a family emergency, you can get through. Let's celebrate the upcoming football season and put all of these other issues behind us. It will soon be time to kick off and the rest of the SEC will be ready. Meanwhile we complain about wifi.
Can someone please tell me, as an earlier poster stated, how wifi in the football stadium is going to help us have a better football program???
I think the idea is it would draw more people to games and thus the game day atmosphere will be more intimidating.
If you are trying to draw in people to the games that will only come if there is WIFI, I don't see those people making a game day atmosphere more intimidating...
"I'll paint my face and get rowdy...but only if there is WIFI!"
In all fairness more seats didn't help Tennessee win many more games in the last 6 years.
I don't necessarily disagree with you, but it blows not being able to do basic things like look up stats (CWF blows for showing any meaningful stats) or get injury updates from Twitter. But sure, there are others who just want to sit on Facebook.
There's not going to be wifi at Commonwealth? This is freaking ridiculous, I can never get service when I am at a game. I wanted to text my dad seated on the other side of stadium to meet me at halftime, no service. There is the other side of the coin to people that say oh you shouldn't text or be on a social media service during a game but what if its an awesome game, crazy stuff going on, a big upset no one can send out a pic or something exciting about the action, thus giving out info about UK football to build it up a bit. Will UK ever do anything forward thinking with football?
It would be nice to check stuff out at halftime for sure - but it shouldn't be a big enough deal for people to get upset about.
Specifically remember Mitch (or someone from UK) say that cell reception and WIFI was a big thing on the checklist when it came to the fan experience. They have had 2 years to implement this in the construction. About 40 days out UK all of the sudden says they cannot implement it because of construction issues, except to the highest ticket buyers (club and boxes). I really do not care either way (just get better cell reception for phone calls), but it just looks bad to the average fan who are both season ticket holders in areas outside of the boxes and club area and the others who attend the games as well.
When it comes to the fans, folks just have to realize UK is all about the $. Its big business and that is their #1 priority. Not your needs or desires unless you are a big spender.
When it comes to the fans, folks just have to realize UK is all about the $. Its big business and that is their #1 priority. Not your needs or desires unless you are a big spender.
I like being able to see scores of other games around the country since UK puts so few scores up around the stadium and mostly just keeps repeating scores of the same games and not updating them very often. There are some legitimate reasons for having wi-fi other than facebook, twitter, etc. Plus, UK asks you to twitter them during the games in Commonwealth for a number of reasons including ones of emergency issues.
Amen.
Actually, it is ridiculous that fans feel the need to check their phones for other scores when you have a multi-million dollar operation incapable of providing this on the CWS scoreboards.
Honestly, those ribbon boards should have real time scores for all SEC and top 25 games.
All it takes is for UK to make an effort to give a damn.
Interesting, but, quite frankly, I don't believe it. At least not in the context of whether it is important to a $120M stadium renovation to provide a "smaller, more fan friendly venue" is concerned. The fact is people "expect" reasonably clean and maintained bathrooms in such venues. So, yes, in that sense, "clean bathrooms" are more important than WiFi. But if you are spending that much money to making CWS more fan friendly, lack of good WiFi/celluar reception seems like a pretty big omission.
Why? The Millennials (as well as many others) are literally joined at the hip (pocket) to their mobile technology. That's not me (I got a flip phone
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) but I recognize how important "connectivity" is to to sooooo many others, many of which I suspect are also UK fans and season ticket holders. But the point is, smartphone users have come to expect ubiquitous data service just about anywhere they can sit down. Cards had a bunch of fans at Clemson and I recall how many folks said there was zero connectivity problems there (but I noted antenna stacks spotted all around the stadium). For some reason I seem to remember reading a number of ~$10M to fully cover a typical stadium venue. But don't quote that figure. Plus, it is a fairly straight forward "add on" should the UKAA decide to do it.
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I have Verizon and have had little trouble checking scores, twitter, etc. I'm guessing those who don't have T-mobile, Sprint or AT&T.
Hopefully there is a plan to add wifi but i'm guessing it's not going to be that fast anyways with so many people. Adding more cell capacity would be better money spent.
Hopefully there is a plan to add wifi but i'm guessing it's not going to be that fast anyways with so many people. Adding more cell capacity would be better money spent.
-fair point about checking scores. I have unlimited data...so I just use cell provider intraweb. I just think folks should enjoy the moment and actually interact with other "real" human beings during the games. Not sure I really *need* copious amounts of real time info while I am actually experiencing something in real life. I am old.
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Well if wifi is good enough for Rupp Arena, it is good enough for CWS.
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At VaughtsViews: $15 million dollar Rupp Arena technology overhaul will include wireless internet for fans http://bit.ly/1GVnvvY
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At VaughtsViews: $15 million dollar Rupp Arena technology overhaul will include wireless internet for fans http://bit.ly/1GVnvvY
and as I said, from the study that isnt nearly as important that old guys like you & me ASSUME when you actually ask an 18-20 yr old kid why they dont attend football games. Link:
The most recent support for this surprising result comes from a new survey by the National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators and Oregon’s sports marketing center. It asked almost 24,000 students across the country to rank the factors that influenced their decision to attend games. By far the most important was a student’s interest in that sport. By far the least important was a stadium’s cellular reception or wireless capability.
Such a tired argument. If you still aren't satisfied that UK Athletics has made a commitment to football, I'm sorry to be the one to tell you, but you never will be. I guess the good news is not many folks are thinking like you anymore - at least I haven't seen any 'Ditch Mitch and Mark' bumper stickers around.
One renovation is being paid by the University of Kentucky (CWS).
The other is being paid by the Lexington Center Corp. Board (Rupp).
UK isn't picking favorites on this one... this was out of their hands.
Guys can you explain to me why I NEVER turn wi fi for my phone on....BUT never have issues any where with connection?
I literally never turn it on...but always can call, text or get onto internet.
iPad yes have to turn it on...but never on iphone
I literally never turn it on...but always can call, text or get onto internet.
iPad yes have to turn it on...but never on iphone
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