Recognising the importance of dependable connectivity, the FedEx Forum collaborated with Ubiquiti to deploy a robust networking solution.
The FedExForum, home to the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies, is a vibrant venue that hosts over 200 major events each year, including basketball games, concerts, wrestling, monster truck shows, and bull riding.
Attracting more than 1,000,000 fans annually, the arena required a reliable and secure networking infrastructure to support essential operations like ticketing, media, vendors, and public WiFi.
- Ubiquiti Enterprise Fortress Gateway, Pro Max 48 PoE Switch and WiFi BaseStation XG.
- Shadow mode delivered gateway high availability (VRRP), while next gen firewall features filtered harmful content, restricted unauthorised traffic, delivered IPS/IDS for advanced threat detection, and more.
- Robust analytics and monitoring in real-time via the intuitive UniFi dashboard.
- UniFi has greatly improved connectivity at the FedEx Forum, performing flawlessly since deployment.
- UniFi dashboard allows operators to easily monitor network performance in real-time.
- Network efficiently scales as events begin, handling the rapid increase from a few hundred to thousands of attendees in an hour.
- Enterprise Fortress Gateway performs well even with over 5,000 concurrent clients, maintaining ample system resources.
“What’s been fantastic about working with UniFi is it functions at an enterprise level, it’s scalable, and there’s no hidden costs.”
– Jason Wexler, President at the FedEx Forum.
This testament underscores the effectiveness and efficiency of UniFi’s solutions in meeting the complex needs of large-scale venues like the FedEx Forum.
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