In efforts to create a larger demand for attending games and fulfill the goal to revive the team’s home base, Vivek Ranadivé plans to build a new stadium in Sacramento before the 2017 NBA season. But it won’t just be your run-of-the-mill new stadium. Ranadivé promises it to be a “21st century Coliseum”. Not only does Ranadivé […]
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The Sacramento Kings recently announced a partnership with Appetize, a cloud-based point of sale platform. While they originally promised this technology to come when they moved to Golden 1 Center in downtown Sacramento, they implemented it now in Sleep Train Arena. Appetize’s point-of-sale platform will allow fans to use mobile payment apps, Apple Pay, Google […]
The Sacramento Kings franchise, already known for its continued involvement in technology, has recently made its latest tech-focused announcement to the NBA world. On the eve of their opening night game against the Los Angeles Clippers tonight, they announced an investment in VOKE, a leading virtual reality innovator. VOKE will be introduced immediately to the Kings operations, with […]
As details are revealed on Sacramento’s state of the art plan to make the arena’s patrons’ experience something out of a Silicon Valley laboratory, recent decisions that affect the on the court product are making fans question if the front office is operating in the Stone Age. Mark Cuban, Joe Lacob and Steve Ballmer are […]