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Scoring a world-class fan experience with a strategic network infrastructure upgrade.

Play #1: Performance

Game situation
Play execution
Coaching tips
The score

Lumen Field stadium full of fans dressed in green and dark blue under a sign reading “Welcome to Lumen Field.”

Game situation

Bandwidth bottleneck puts pressure on connectivity and live broadcasts

With 69,000 fans in the stands, the Seahawks required a networking infrastructure upgrade to support bandwidth demands and help deliver seamless live broadcasting.

Aerial view of Lumen Field stadium filled with fans during a Seahawks game.

Play execution

Lumen goes long with a robust networking infrastructure

Lumen upgraded the stadium with two 10-gig circuits and under-seat hardware to extend Wi-Fi signals. Lumen® Vyvx® Broadcast Solutions provided fiber-based data circuits with expandable bandwidth for fast, reliable livestreaming on game day.

Chip Suttles wearing a grey jacket and standing in front of a flatscreen television.

Coaching tips

The right network bolsters the game for fans and players alike

“A good fan experience starts with connectivity. Lumen assisted in helping us deliver a best-in-class Wi-Fi solution at our stadium.”

– Chip Suttles, Vice President of Technology
Seattle Seahawks

Seahawks on the field at Lumen Field stadium with fans in the background and a referee on the stadium screen.

The score

Seahawks score a transformative tech touchdown

Lumen solutions enabled the Seahawks to support an average of 6+ TB of data per game, reduce bandwidth bottlenecks for more devices, improve application performance and deliver fast, reliable connection for TV broadcasters.

Play #2: Security

Game situation
Play execution
Coaching tips
The score

Lumen Field stadium filled with Seahawks fans cheering and the Seahawks on the sidelines.

Game situation

Bad actors threaten to blitz the new network

Rising data demands and fan capacity required the team to secure a future-forward network solution capable of defending data in their upgraded infrastructure.

Several Seahawks players gathered holding up footballs.

Play execution

Lumen stacks the line with built-in threat defense

Lumen® IP VPN enables the Seahawks to deliver secure data mobility on a high-performance network—all with an MPLS backbone to provide failover without service interruption, so fans can focus on the action.

Sterling Monroe wearing a navy Seahawks polo and standing in the empty stadium.

Coaching tips

Teamwork and trust safeguard data and build a winning strategy

“We really stay in close contact with a lot of the other NFL IT departments. The biggest thing is I hope that they’d have a partner like Lumen that can really provide for them, like Lumen does for us.”

– Sterling Monroe, Director of IT/Information Security Officer
Seattle Seahawks

Aerial view of Lumen Field stadium filled with Seahawks fans during a game.

The score

A robust network designed to perform and built to win

The Seahawks can protect their IT playmakers and avoid data fumbles with secure, reliable networking solutions that help improve application performance, reduce risks through redundancy and make upkeep seamless.

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