NORTHWEST OHIO BROADBAND INTERNET • IT • LOW VOLTAGE
Fairgrounds & Event Facilities

Reliable Wi-Fi, networking and infrastructure across your event property.

Northwest Ohio Broadband designs and installs network and low-voltage infrastructure for fairgrounds, event facilities, festivals and multi-building properties across Northwest, Southwest and Central Ohio and Northeast, East Central and Central Indiana. From public Wi-Fi and fiber backbones to wireless links, security cameras and network equipment, we can build infrastructure designed around your property and the events it supports.

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Event Property Infrastructure Connect buildings, guests, cameras, vendors and operations across the property.
  • Public & staff Wi-Fi
  • Outdoor wireless networks
  • Fiber-optic backbones
  • Point-to-point wireless links
  • Security camera infrastructure
  • Network racks & cabinets
  • Ticketing & vendor connectivity
  • Temporary event networking
Property-Wide Connectivity

One network across buildings, grounds and event areas.

Fairgrounds and event properties can be difficult networking environments. Offices, exhibition halls, barns, grandstands, vendor areas and outdoor spaces may be spread across a large property.

Instead of treating each building as a separate network, we can design infrastructure that connects the property using fiber, Ethernet and point-to-point wireless links where appropriate.

  • Administration and office buildings
  • Exhibition halls
  • Livestock and agricultural buildings
  • Grandstands and entertainment areas
  • Ticket booths and entrances
  • Vendor and concession areas
  • Parking and outdoor areas
  • Maintenance buildings
Designed Around The Property Large facilities need more than a few access points.

We look at building locations, distances, available pathways, Internet connectivity, expected device counts and event requirements before determining how the network should be distributed.

Fairground & Event Network Services

Infrastructure for permanent facilities and temporary events.

Public Wi-Fi

Guest & attendee Wi-Fi

Design wireless coverage for public areas, event buildings, vendor spaces and other locations where guests need connectivity.

Operations

Staff & operational networks

Separate operational traffic from public Wi-Fi so administration, ticketing, cameras and other business systems can operate on appropriate network segments.

Outdoor Wi-Fi

Wireless coverage across outdoor areas

Install outdoor access points and supporting network infrastructure for fairgrounds, entrances, gathering areas and other outdoor spaces.

Wireless Backhaul

Point-to-point building connectivity

Connect buildings and remote areas with appropriate wireless backhaul where trenching or installing new fiber is impractical.

Security Cameras

Camera coverage across the facility

Install camera cabling, PoE networking and network infrastructure for entrances, buildings, parking areas and other important locations.

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Network Infrastructure

Racks, cabinets & distribution points

Build organized network locations for switches, fiber termination, patch panels, UPS equipment and other infrastructure throughout the property.

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Structured Cabling

Ethernet & device cabling

Install structured cabling for offices, ticketing equipment, access points, cameras, point-of-sale systems and other network-connected equipment.

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Fiber & Wireless Distribution

Connect a large property without depending on one building.

Fairgrounds often contain many separate buildings spread across significant distances. A properly designed backbone allows Internet and network services to be distributed throughout the property.

  • Single-mode fiber installation
  • Fiber fusion splicing
  • Fiber termination & testing
  • Point-to-point wireless links
  • Outdoor network cabinets
  • Managed switching
  • VLAN network segmentation
  • Redundant-path planning where appropriate
Fiber or Wireless? We can determine which approach makes sense for each location.

Distance, existing conduit, terrain, building placement, bandwidth requirements and project budget all affect whether fiber or wireless backhaul is appropriate.

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Event Wi-Fi

Networking for fairs, festivals and high-demand events.

Network demand can change dramatically when an event brings hundreds or thousands of people onto a property. Permanent infrastructure should be designed with those event requirements in mind.

We can help plan network distribution for public access, staff, vendors, ticketing systems and other event technology while keeping critical operational traffic separated from guest traffic.

  • Guest Wi-Fi
  • Staff Wi-Fi
  • Vendor connectivity
  • Ticketing connectivity
  • Point-of-sale network access
  • Event administration
  • Temporary network extensions
  • Outdoor wireless coverage
Network Segmentation

Keep public traffic separate from facility operations.

A public event network should not place every device on the same network. Proper segmentation helps keep different systems organized and limits unnecessary access between network functions.

Guest Network

Public Internet access

Provide attendee Internet access on a network separated from administrative and operational systems.

Operations

Staff & administration

Maintain separate network access for facility staff, administration and internal business systems.

Security

Camera network

Keep IP cameras, NVR systems and security infrastructure appropriately separated from public wireless traffic.

Vendors

Vendor & POS connectivity

Provide appropriate network connectivity for vendor equipment, point-of-sale systems and temporary event operations.

Security Cameras

Monitor entrances, buildings and high-traffic areas.

Fairgrounds and event properties can contain many buildings, entrances and public areas. We can design the network infrastructure needed to support IP security cameras across the facility.

  • Entrance and gate cameras
  • Parking-area cameras
  • Building cameras
  • Grandstand and event-area coverage
  • Equipment and maintenance areas
  • PoE switching
  • NVR connectivity
Camera Infrastructure Camera systems depend on the network behind them.

We can handle the cabling, PoE switching, fiber and network connectivity required to support cameras across large properties.

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New Construction & Improvements

Plan network infrastructure during facility upgrades.

New buildings, grandstands, exhibition facilities and property improvements are ideal opportunities to install the correct low-voltage infrastructure before construction is complete.

  • Conduit planning
  • Cat6 & Cat6A cabling
  • Fiber backbone planning
  • Wi-Fi access-point locations
  • Security camera locations
  • Network rack locations
  • Future technology pathways
Commercial Pre-Wiring Install infrastructure before the walls and ceilings close.

We can coordinate low-voltage cabling and network infrastructure for new buildings, additions and remodel projects.

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One Technology Contractor

From the Internet connection to the device at the other end.

Northwest Ohio Broadband works with Internet connectivity, routing, switching, Wi-Fi, wireless links, fiber and low-voltage cabling. That allows us to look at the entire network rather than treating every component as a separate project.

Fiber

Fiber Optic Installation & Splicing

Fiber backbones, termination, fusion splicing and testing for large and multi-building facilities.

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Planning A Fairground Or Event Network?

Let's build infrastructure that works across the entire property.

Tell us about your buildings, event areas, Internet requirements and existing infrastructure. We can help determine the Wi-Fi, fiber, wireless, camera and network infrastructure that makes sense.

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