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CNET News - 49ers Levi's Stadium: The stadium that Silicon Valley built

2014-08-15
the San Francisco 49ers new home carries a hefty price tag 1.2 billion dollars but the Levi's stadium is a football field like no other the game is still the hero whether it's a football game or a soccer game but done everything we can to make the experience around the game that much better here's what happens when a stadium is built from the ground up in Silicon Valley an interactive Museum let's visitors cozy up to the Niners star quarterback thanks to augmented reality and so here you see our quarterback Colin who comes out and you'll see him do a signature move for more fun play one of the four motion sensing games more than 1,200 Wi-Fi hotspots placed above and below the seats allow fans to share gameday selfies and tweets online without frustrating delays it doesn't matter which of the 68,000 500 seats you're sitting in you can order a hot dog and beer without missing a moment of the game using the stadium's mobile app we've created a system wherein a prescribed period of time you'll get a hotdog and a beer and a soda to your seat the app offers ticket holders a slew of convenient features tickets can be paperless for replays fans that the game can view different angles you're gonna get multiple camera angle high-def replays right after a play so Kaepernick throws a touchdown pass to Crabtree you can see it from the quarterback camera from the wide receiver camera from the endzone camera the app also tells you which bathroom has the shortest line and the wayfinding feature shows the quickest path from one stadium location to another the 49ers are also putting tech to work to solve a major challenge parking at the stadium's first sports event a soccer game visitors endured our plus waits for public transportation after the game we have videos that we send each man on like a video demonstration of how do they can get to their parking spot and it's not just the stadium that's wired soon players will be too the NFL is working with zebra technologies to embed sensors in shoulder pads unlocking stats never before available there's also something that they're talking about doing in helmets there's obviously some in this shoes too so there's a there's a lot of different pieces we want to be the guinea pigs for whatever the NFL is trying in the quest for a sixth Super Bowl trophy the 49ers will take advantage of every edge they can in Santa Clara California I'm samhitas cnet.com for CBS News
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