High-tech to keep Super Bowl on track
As the players, coaches and halftime performers — not to mention the Lombardi Trophy — make their way to Miami’s Sun Life Stadium for the Super Bowl on Sunday, Jerry Hunter and company will be keeping a close eye on them.
The Super Bowl has contracted with Hunter’s US Fleet Tracking to use its real-time GPS tracking system, which uses satellite technology that can “ping” a vehicle’s location every few seconds.
The Web-based mapping system will be just one of the high-tech gadgets used Sunday to make sure the party for 74,000 people runs smoothly. “You think you and your wife have a struggle throwing a dinner party with 30 guests — making sure everything is where it’s supposed to be at the right time?” he said. “Imagine the Super Bowl.”