CHICAGO, July 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Sprint
(NYSE:S) and Six Flags Great America join forces to celebrate
Sprint customers with exclusive deals for the season. On select
dates, Sprint customers will receive $25 off ticket prices1, free
parking2, extended ride time for 45 minutes after the
park closes, discounts off food and drinks, prizes when
participating in the Sprint scavenger hunt around the park and
special "surprise and delights". All park visitors can enjoy the
highly anticipated Sprint Experience Store with free amenities
including Wi-Fi.
The one-of-a-kind relationship, network upgrades and additions
are estimated at $1.4 million.
"This collaboration with Six Flags Great America brings many
benefits to park visitors," said Jim
Mills, Sprint President of the Midwest. "We're proud to roll
out the red carpet for our customers on July
13, Aug. 5 and Sept. 30, while providing new and advanced
network technologies to give attendees the best experience now and
in the future."
Sprint Experience Store:
Sprint, for the first time,
has opened an experience store for all park visitors at Six Flags
Great America. It is open daily at the theme park starting at
noon, and offers a comfortable indoor, climate-controlled
environment with free amenities including Wi-Fi, charging stations,
a big screen to watch a game, digital photo station, and shop
exclusive deals on Sprint products3.
Sprint's Network Investment:
Sprint has invested
heavily in its network at Six Flags Great America and surrounding
areas (ex: Gurnee Mills) through the
deployment of tools such as small cells. The company will soon be
lighting up a new cell site at the park that features all three of
Sprint's spectrum bands – 800 MHz, 1.9 GHz and 2.5 GHz – to give
customers its fastest, most reliable service. Later this summer the
company expects to deploy innovative Massive MIMO technology to
dramatically boost network capacity and data speeds for park
visitors. This innovative technology is core to Sprint's planned 5G
mobile network launch beginning in first half of 2019 with
Chicago among its first 5G
markets.
Small cells are low-powered boxes installed on telephone poles,
streetlights or other types of infrastructure throughout the theme
park to boost data speeds. The small cells connect to the park's
Outdoor Distributed Antenna System (oDAS) in order to transmit
Sprint's 2.5 GHz service throughout Six Flags Great Americas.
These technologies will allow Sprint customers at the theme park
to enjoy an even better data experience while streaming videos,
surfing the web, and using their favorite online apps and services
than before.
In addition to investing in public venues such as Six Flags
Great America, Sprint is working to improve coverage, reliability
and speed across Illinois. Today,
Sprint has the fastest average download speed in the Central Illinois market4 and is #1
for fastest average download speed in Addison, Arlington
Heights, Downers Grove,
Elk Grove Village, Hoffman Estates, Lombard, Oak
Brook, Oswego, Rolling Meadows and Vernon Hills.5
Sprint customers can take advantage of this offer by visiting
http://sixflags.sprint.com/.
About Sprint:
Sprint (NYSE: S) is a communications
services company that creates more and better ways to connect
its customers to the things they care about most. Sprint
served 54.6 million connections as of March 31, 2018 and
is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying
innovative technologies, including the first wireless 4G service
from a national carrier in the United States; leading no-contract brands
including Virgin Mobile USA, Boost Mobile, and Assurance
Wireless; instant national and international push-to-talk
capabilities; and a global Tier 1 Internet backbone. Today,
Sprint's legacy of innovation and service continues with an
increased investment to dramatically improve coverage, reliability,
and speed across its nationwide network and commitment to
launching the first 5G mobile network in the
U.S. You can learn more and visit Sprint
at www.sprint.com or www.facebook.com/sprint and www.twitter.com/sprint.
About Six Flags Great America and Hurricane Harbor:
Two great parks, one destination! Located between Chicago and Milwaukee, Six Flags Great America offers
endless adventures for the entire family with 16 heart-pounding
roller coasters, a 20-acre water park, spectacular shows, four
children's themed areas and over 30 rides and attractions.
About Six Flags Entertainment Corporation:
Six Flags
Entertainment Corporation is the world's largest regional theme
park company and the largest operator of waterparks in North America, with $1.4 billion in revenue and 25 parks across
the United States, Mexico and Canada. For 57 years, Six Flags has
entertained millions of families with world-class coasters, themed
rides, thrilling water parks and unique attractions. For more
information, visit www.sixflags.com.
1 $25 off day
entry to the park or season pass holders get to bring a friend for
½ off.
2 Limited to the first 50
Sprint customers who show their Sprint device.
3
Special offers only available at this location.
4 Based on Sprint's analysis of
Ookla® Speedtest Intelligence® data for average download speeds for
Central Illinois Sprint market area from 4/01/2018 to 6/30/2018 for all mobile results.
Ookla trademarks used under license and reprinted with
permission.
5 Based on analysis by
Ookla® of Speedtest Intelligence® data for average download speeds
from 4/01/2018 to 6/30/2018 for all
mobile results in the specified cities. Ookla trademarks used under
license and reprinted with permission.
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