Wycombe Wanderers plays in League 1 of the English Football League, having spent the 2020/21 campaign in the second tier of the football pyramid. Previously owned in full by its Supporters Trust from 2012-19, the club received investment in 2019 from majority shareholder Rob Couhig, an American businessman, who now owns 75% of the club, with the Trust retaining 25%. With proud roots within its local community, and a growing appeal worldwide, Rob Couhig’s acquisition of the club has been a driving factor for significant digital transformation at Adams Park.
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the club engaged Landways to design, fund and install new systems to help realise owner Rob Couhig’s ambitious vision for a great match day experience.
With the welcome return of fans to Adams Park, all visitors now enjoy a new, concert-quality digital audio system throughout the stadium, high-performance Wi-Fi, and a number of new systems to improve ground safety and security – all supported by a long-life digital and power infrastructure delivering guaranteed levels of performance.
- 200km of optical fibre
- First DC microgrid deployed in a European sporting venue
- First deployment of Landways’ pioneering Induct™ system
- 92 Distribution Points (DPs)
- An on-site Centralised Digital and Power Unit (CDPU)
- Intelligent power storage and management
- 102 Access Points
- 112 Antennas
- 99% of bowl seat coverage
- 20 hospitality boxes and 11 lounges covered
- 8 Ticket Gate areas covered for wireless ticket scanning
- ~1000m2 external coverage for fan zones
- Built in network upgrades designed to seamlessly accommodate continued growth in data use
- Expandable, scalable design ready to accommodate future technology changes
- 193 speakers
- 63 distributed amplifiers
- Dynacord MXE5 performance and audio matrices for audio distribution
- With no ‘dead spots’ or muffled audio, fans clearly hear every announcement
- Audio retains a steady volume as fans move around the bowl
- IP-based public address and voice alarm system
- Touch panel controllers in all hospitality suites and boxes
- 8 microphones
- 4 microphone input panels
- 48 high-resolution cameras
- 31 days continuous video recording of all cameras
- Three monitor, customisable multi-camera observation
- Real-time PTZ camera control via touchscreen joystick controllers
- 21 strategically located emergency phones
- Phones connect directly to security control room by simply lifting the handset
- Control room master unit can quickly connect to any of the handsets
Performance Guaranteed
Landways’ Infrastructure-as-a-Service solution offers Wycombe Wanderers a contractual guarantee for performance for 10 years.
Strict performance standards ensure Landways remains accountable for our systems. As infrastructure partners, we retain the operational risk to provide excellence in service for complete peace of mind.
- Matchday pre-checks ensure no surprises
- Dedicated onsite engineers monitor and maintain systems
- Built-in technology upgrades future-proof systems
- Streamlined change requests
- Expert advice for digital service integration
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Chief Safety Officer Steve Copp and Control Room Manager Richard Piercey talk about stadium security at Adams Park following Landways' system deployment.
Performance Guaranteed
Landways’ Infrastructure-as-a-Service solution offers Wycombe Wanderers a contractual guarantee for performance for 10 years.
Strict performance standards ensure Landways remains accountable for our systems. As infrastructure partners, we retain the operational risk to provide excellence in service for complete peace of mind.
- Matchday pre-checks ensure no surprises
- Dedicated onsite engineers monitor and maintain systems
- Built-in technology upgrades future-proof systems
- Streamlined change requests
- Expert advice for digital service integration