Computer Science and Information Technology Vol. 11(2), pp. 21 - 30
DOI: 10.13189/csit.2023.110201
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Towards the Advanced Technology of Smart, Secure and Mobile Stadiums: A Perspective of Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022

Samuel W Lusweti ^*, Jairus Odawa
Department of Information Technology, School of Computing and Informatics, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kenya

ABSTRACT

Innovations in recent years have made technological advancement become a cutting-edge revolution for this modern society. Innovations that are centered on Information Technology, have resulted in disruptive technological revolutions around the world. Smart technology has been one of the game-changing innovations that have highly impacted technological advancements. The Internet of Things being one of the blueprints of smart technologies, has been applied in various multidisciplinary fields including space exploration, agriculture, and soccer stadiums among other areas. In this paper, we present the impact of smart technology in the enhancement of fan experience in football pitches with bias in the FIFA World Cup of 2022. Some technologies adopted during the recently ended FIFA World Cup competitions held in Qatar in the year 2022, were completely new in the history of football. The use of sensor-embedded smart balls, rogue drone hunters, aids for visually impaired fans, air-conditioned stadiums, and automated crowd control systems were all deployed for the very first time since the official World Cup competitions started 92 years ago. The research found that with these new technologies in place, game management by FIFA officials has highly improved and fans irrespective of their physical challenges had more to celebrate and enjoy than before. Lastly, the paper presents an overview of the first ever economical and mobile stadium used and demounted after the World Cup competitions.

KEYWORDS
IoT, Smart, Stadium, Demountable, Sensor, FIFA World Cup

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[1] Samuel W Lusweti , Jairus Odawa , "Towards the Advanced Technology of Smart, Secure and Mobile Stadiums: A Perspective of Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022," Computer Science and Information Technology, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 21 - 30, 2023. DOI: 10.13189/csit.2023.110201.

(b). APA Format:
Samuel W Lusweti , Jairus Odawa (2023). Towards the Advanced Technology of Smart, Secure and Mobile Stadiums: A Perspective of Fifa World Cup Qatar 2022. Computer Science and Information Technology, 11(2), 21 - 30. DOI: 10.13189/csit.2023.110201.