The Philadelphia Eagles have, perhaps more than any other team in football, taken steps to make their home turf, Lincoln Financial Field, as eco-friendly and technologically current as possible. Wind turbines tower over the end zone stands, and solar panels line the stadium’s southern facade and upper deck overhangs.
Starting this season, Panasonic will fill the 14-year-old venue with high-density Wi-Fi, an improvement over the Wi-Fi the Eagles initially installed in 2013 — with 600 access points for 40,000 users — as part of a series of upgrades.
Called Everest and introduced in April, the new Wi-Fi will require far less infrastructure and support many more simultaneous users performing more data-intensive activities.