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Stadium Tech Report

October 9th, 2024

entry technology

News

Phillies keep MLB’s facial-authentication ticketing system in use for playoffs

The Philadelphia Phillies are continuing to use a trial deployment of facial-authentication technology for ticket verification at Citizens Bank Park as the team progresses through the playoffs, according to Major League Baseball. The system, deployed by MLB at the stadium in August this year, requires fans to pre-register by uploading a selfie through MLB's Ballpark app. The system then couples...

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Editorial

LAST DAY! Please take our Stadium Connectivity Outlook Survey TODAY!

This is it! Today is the LAST DAY for you to take our Stadium Connectivity Outlook survey for 2022. We're closing the door to entries at midnight tonight, so please find a few minutes of your time today to complete the survey! Take the survey now! We've given you all kinds of good reasons to take the survey, the main...

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Editorial

Two weeks left: Time to take the Stadium Connectivity Outlook survey!

I know it's a busy time for most sports teams, venues and IT staffs but we have a deadline request: There are only two weeks left for you to take our Stadium Connectivity Outlook survey for 2022, so please find a few minutes of your time to complete the survey! Take the survey now! We've given you all kinds of...

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Editorial

Race is on for walk-through detector market share

Here are some quick snapshots of the leading providers in the new market for walk-through weapons detection systems for stadiums and large public venues. Data in the snapshots is mainly from company interviews and published website information. CEIA Opengate Company: CEIA USA (U.S. subsidiary of Italian parent CEIA, whose initials stand for Costruzioni Elettroniche Industriali Automatism; but everyone calls the...

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News

Denver Broncos deploy WaitTime for stadium-entry analytics

The Denver Broncos have deployed technology from crowd-intelligence system provider WaitTime to better understand how fans enter and exit their stadium, according to a press announcement. According to the team, WaitTime's systems of cameras and artificial-intelligence software were deployed at several gates around Empower Field at Mile High during last season, in what is the first NFL deployment of WaitTime's...

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Editorial

Venues need to radically rethink entry procedures

After a year of welcoming full-capacity crowds back to stadiums, it's apparent that while technology can assist venues in eliminating fan pain points, it's also clear that sudden shifts to new ways of doing things don't always go as smoothly as planned. For this column, we're going to focus on the process of stadium entry, where we saw some of...

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