Edgbaston Stadium , which hosts the Warwickshire County Cricket Club and international matches, has named Intercity Technology as its new IT partner as it seeks to modernize the venue. Intercity will offer its services as Edgbaston is renovated as part of a larger plan to add a mixed-use development in the surrounding area. Edgbaston is powered entirely through renewable energy , and its operators have pledged that the cricket ground built in the 19 th century will reach net-zero carbon status by 2030.
Intercity’s headquarters is in Birmingham, England, and just a mile away from Edgbaston , which served as the site of the first test in the ongoing England-Australia Ashes series with more than 118,000 fans and a record Sky Sports broadcast audience . Intercity used the match as a case study to examine the pain points and base requirements needed for connectivity and technology infrastructure. Intercity will use the collected data to publish a forthcoming report analyzing the needs of ticketing, retail and other domains.
