POLL - Would you purchase in-stadium WiFi?

[DAWGSANDSAINTS]

To clarify, I'm not paying $8 for Diet Coke either.

But I’ll pay $14 for a stadium beer.
And I spent $56 total in beers last Saturday night in our stadium (4 BL’s)
A total ripoff but the mkt is what it is.

 

[mstateglfr]

That’s just stupid.

With more and more people staying home and watching on TV, you want to make the fan experience better in any way. If Cspire wants to install a stadium wi-fi system with enough horsepower to serve 60k people, you throw them the keys and say leave it under the mat when you are done.

You need to keep giving people reasons to come. Not to stay home. This is one of them.

It is incredibly common for carriers(or 3rd party companies who then sell access to carriers) to enter into 20-30 year leases and pay for access.
The carriers are typically expected to provide coverage by their customer bases, and so the carriers see a stadium or similar tall building without other tall buildings around as a good place to set up shop.

I passively manage 6 of these leases and have to occasionally talk with companies about potentially adding sites or adjusting existing contracts...every carrier comes to the table knowing they will pay to gain or maintain access to a tower.



I say the above while recognizing that I don't know the details of OM's Agreement or what was proposed to MSU.
It is odd to not collect any revenue from a cell carrier for allowing them to place towers on yourbland/buildings.
It is also odd to not have complete and robust connectivity in 2025, be it cellular or wifi...so MSU should do something.

 

[MEMDawg22]

If you voted no - why wouldn’t you? I like being able to text my groups.

I didn’t have issues all of last year (yes I know we had poor crowds) and I had decent service last week as well. Service has been significantly better than what it was the 2023 season.

 

[22yardpunt]

Would I if the price was reasonable - yes.

Would I be a little meh about having to pay for it - yes.

Should this be a moneymaker for the AD? No.

 

[Lucifer Morningstar]

I said no simply because, and as others have pointed out, I am already paying for club level tickets. Not to sound like the ivory tower is speaking, but if you are paying for club level then wi fi should be included into that price given it has gone up pretty much every year I have had them for almost two decades. I also can see the argument if it is only 5 bucks then screw it I need bovada working. But some substantial raise to get wi fi I would be against.

 

[Darryl Steight]

I don't think CSPIRE made the same offer to MSU.

This would be the least surprising thing seen on this site today.

 

[Darryl Steight]

I said no simply because, and as others have pointed out, I am already paying for club level tickets. Not to sound like the ivory tower is speaking, but if you are paying for club level then wi fi should be included into that price given it has gone up pretty much every year I have had them for almost two decades. I also can see the argument if it is only 5 bucks then screw it I need bovada working. But some substantial raise to get wi fi I would be against.

This brings up a good point.

Couldn't the school just add "free" wifi to the premium levels? Club/Gridiron/Suites/Loge/whatever. I'm not 100% sure but it seems like you can limit the area that it reaches. It wouldn't cost as much as covering the whole stadium, and would be a nice little perk for those who are shelling out a lot of coin already, plus take some the stress off the service for the people in the stands.