AIFF Roadmap Vision 2047: What is a smart stadium?

The Indian football federation announced the development of stadiums in the country.

We witnessed smart stadiums being built with televisions broadcasting the games live. While new technology entered our lives and people noticed new items around them, such as mobile phones and laptops, which have since become necessities for everyone on earth.

There were no technologies like scanning people as they enter the stadium, seeing goal updates on a giant screen inside the stadium, or having internet in the late 1990s.

Everything has changed, but what is a "smart stadium" exactly?

To increase fan satisfaction and safety, smart stadium renovations are the primary goal. IoT technology, which has direct emergency gates in stadiums and lets fans through the scanner.

In some stadiums, guests can even interact with virtual objects representing team members from augmented reality games. Smart stadiums also tend to reduce their carbon footprint, which is more essential.

Additionally, it offers WiFi, which is something that fans demand from stadiums. They use server specialisation to give these services—as well as commercials. In a similar manner, stadiums ought to include sports news data in their targeted advertising campaigns.

Depending on the stadium's style, weather information may also need to be given.

What standards are there for a smart stadium?

For detectors, cameras are installed and digital signs that link quickly to phones and wireless devices using cloud technology and IoT. There must be a precise combination of hardware and software.

Additionally, gadgets need upgradation because they use to gauge crowd behaviour during events. LED illumination, HD vision boards, IPTV HD screen networks, high-speed data networks, and LED perimeter ribbon boards. Stadium managers will be able to serve more patrons in less time thanks to the usage of quick, safe mobile payments.

A holographic press conference arranged by European football coaches to demonstrate the technology. Demonstrating the idea of a squad travelling to an opponent's stadium while fans assemble in the home stadium to support them.

A successful smart stadium should meet these criteria, which require a partner to oversee the project and assist you in creating a thorough plan and timeframe that reaches your organisation.

What amenities are available at the smart stadium?

Various sensors, cameras, and digital signage that direct you to your destination are present in a smart stadium. As previously indicated, you can connect your phone to WiFi to get the most recent information about parking, restaurants, and other things.

The smart stadium is a technological advancement that has made it simple for people or players to know things and find them more quickly, like their seats or the restroom in the stadium.

There are also a lot of things that will change in the near future, but we must be aware of them since there will be more of them. For example, we have already seen how many cameras are used in football to identify fouls thanks to the use of VAR.

Football technology has advanced quickly, and there is now a sensor within the ball that can assess any foul or offside occurrence.