Comcast Business (NASDAQ:CMCSA) is building a new multi-site enterprise network for the Atlanta Braves baseball team to connect the Braves' front offices at SunTrust Park with minor league team operations in Georgia and Virginia.
The agreement calls for Comcast Business to provide two 100 Gbps Ethernet lines into the Braves' new ballpark, which is slated for completion in 2017. The Ethernet Network Service solution will connect the Braves' new front offices at SunTrust Park to the club's minor league teams in Rome and Gwinnett County, GA, and in Danville, VA, as well as a sales location at CNN Center in downtown Atlanta. Comcast Business will also support phone services at the Braves' SunTrust Park offices.
Ethernet Private Line service is intended to enable the Braves to share data over a dedicated, private circuit. The five-site Ethernet Network Service solution is designed to support speeds between 20 Mbps and 200 Mbps between the front office and the minor league teams. When completed, the network will also support more than 700 WiFi access points throughout the mixed-use complex.
In March 2015, the Braves and Comcast announced a multi-year technology and real estate partnership to deliver multi-terabit network capabilities to SunTrust Park and the surrounding community.
Comcast will provide video, voice and high-speed Internet connectivity throughout the 60-acre project, which includes the new ballpark, retail shops, restaurants, an office tower, hotel, an entertainment venue and residential units. The development's all-fiber network will be designed to deliver multi-gigabit speeds throughout the complex. Comcast will also become the Braves' signature tenant in a multi-story office building within the development slated to house more than 1,000 Comcast employees.