Case Study: Tampa Bay Buccaneers achieve a 400% Wi‑Fi capacity boost and enhanced game‑day fan experience with Extreme Networks

Elevate the Game-Day Experience with Fan-Facing Wi-Fi

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers partnered with Extreme Networks to elevate the game-day experience at Raymond James Stadium by addressing growing fan expectations for reliable, secure Wi‑Fi and the stadium’s mission‑critical networking needs. Facing the challenge of providing seamless connectivity for 65,000+ fans, plus wired/wireless management, security and analytics for events and stadium operations, the Buccaneers required a tailor‑built, high‑capacity solution.

Extreme Networks deployed a comprehensive stadium network—1,262 wireless access points (including 950 under‑seat APs), secure policy‑based switching, a LAYER 7 analytics engine and centralized wired/wireless management. The upgrade delivered a 400% increase in in‑stadium Wi‑Fi capacity, 8.9 TB transferred over Wi‑Fi during an event, a 54% increase in average connected fans (2017 vs. 2018) and a 39% rise in average data transferred, while enabling enhanced game‑day app features and richer fan analytics.

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