Large-Scale Stadium Conference & Production Deployment
Major Conference Organiser
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10,000+
Delegates Connected
2 × 1Gb
Fibre Uplinks Bonded
12
Bonded SIM Cards
0
Network Outages
The Challenge
A stadium venue in Paris required a full end-to-end network infrastructure build for a 10,000-delegate conference. The deployment needed to cover front and back of house operations, support professional audio and video production networks (NDI and Dante), and deliver high-capacity public WiFi — all from a venue with no existing infrastructure suitable for an event of this scale.
The Solution
SmartWifi designed and deployed a structured wired network distributed throughout the stadium, covering front-of-house delegate areas, back-of-house production and operations zones, and all technical areas. Dedicated NDI and Dante network segments were provisioned on isolated VLANs to ensure zero interference between AV production traffic and delegate connectivity. Public WiFi was engineered to support over 10,000 concurrent users across the full stadium footprint. Internet backhaul was provided by two bonded 1 Gbps connections combined with 12 SIM cards across multiple European mobile networks, all bonded together to deliver a resilient, high-throughput uplink with automatic failover.
The Result
All 10,000 delegates connected without issue throughout the event. NDI and Dante networks performed without packet loss or latency spikes. The bonded backhaul maintained full capacity throughout, with automatic load balancing ensuring no single point of failure affected the event.
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