Gallery: How the Man Who Wired Facebook Helped Build the NFL Stadium of the Future

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    Levi's Stadium, the the new home of the San Francisco 49ers.
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    Inside the stadium bowl, 600 WiF access points serve nearly 70,000 fans.
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    The same network that drives the stadium's myriad WiFI access points also sends video highlights to its 13,000 square-foot scoreboards.
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    Flat screen TVs, spread throughout the stadium, also plug into the same computer network.
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    Just some of the network cables running inside the Levi's data center.
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    Not all technology inside the stadium is digital. These boxes convert some signals to analog.
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    A WIFI access point, tucked under a seat on the east side of the stadium.
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    The view from the field.
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