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Stadium Tech Report

December 22nd, 2024

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Editorial

IDmission brings online ID verification to stadium concessions

BOULDER, Colo. -- IDmission is on a mission. A mission to help bring faster and more secure ID and age verification and payments verification to stadium concession operations. To be clear, it's not the company's only mission. In fact, it's currently only a very small part of IDmission's overall business, in which it serves more than 100 large financial institutions...

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Editorial

Can technology help venues solve staffing issues?

If staffing is the biggest concern facing stadiums and venues right now, how can technology help? So far, we're already seeing many stadiums using new technologies to help cope with the staffing shortages -- with changes we are guessing are here to stay. Self-pouring beer machines are one way to do concessions with fewer staff. Credit: Paul Kapustka, STR If...

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Feature

Self-serve concessions technology now part of Levi’s Stadium offerings

Self-service beer taps are the latest technology to appear at the San Francisco 49ers' Levi's Stadium, just another way the Niners use technology to improve the fan experience. Known for its cutting-edge use of all kinds of stadium technology since its opening in 2014, Levi's Stadium also now has walk-through security scanners, which vastly improve the entry times for fans...

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Feature

Mercedes-Benz Stadium opens checkout-free concessions stand, using AiFi’s technology

Mercedes-Benz Stadium recently opened its first checkout-free concessions stand, one that uses technology provided by AiFi, a San Francisco-based startup. Called the ATL Market, the stand was built on open concourse space that was previously used mainly for tables. According to a stadium spokesperson, the store "soft launched" during an Oct. 2 Atlanta Falcons home game, and then was fully...

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Editorial

Walk in, walk out: Get ready for more checkout-free concessions

Coming soon, to a venue near you: Checkout-free concession stands, where you walk in, take what you want and walk out, leaving the billing to the network. If your stadium doesn't have these types of stands yet, just wait. If investors have anything to say about it, companies providing the technology behind the most innovative thing to possibly ever happen...

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News

Globe Life Field picks Appetize to power all concessions, retail

When the Texas Rangers opened their 2021 season this week with a full house at Globe Life Field, the fans present got the first taste of an all-Appetize system powering concessions and retail operations, much of it designed to provide safer, contact-free interactions. While the new stadium did host limited crowds for last fall's MLB playoffs and World Series, Monday's...

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