Check out this article from Computer World…

In addition to sending video clips of spectacular plays to fans at Nationals Park, [Jason] Zachariah [IT Director for the Nationals] said he hopes the team can have other types of wireless interactions with fans. For example, the team might give fans the ability to send text comments or photos that could be posted on the park’s 4,800-square-foot high-definition scoreboard.

Plans also include using RFID tags to track cash bags over the Wi-Fi network as they are carried from a concession stand to a safe, Zachariah added. The tags could also be distributed to parents who could attach them to their children and then use the system to find them if they get lost in the ballpark.

Plans for next spring also include allowing a voice over Wi-Fi system for stadium staffers to use during emergencies when cellular networks might be overtaxed, Zachariah added. Fans could also place food orders over Wi-Fi and have the orders delivered to their seats.

“We’re shooting for all these things next year,” Zachariah said, nothing that the 802.11n network installed last spring had performed “impressively since Day One.” This past season, the network supported wireless ticket-taking, wireless access to player statistics for reporters covering the game, point-of-sale transactions at concession stands and Wi-Fi access for fans with Wi-Fi-capable devices.

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