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Stadium Tech Report

December 21st, 2024

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Feature

Easy Entry: Columbus Crew pushes the technology envelope to speed up stadium entry

Whenever a new stadium opens, the team running the venue knows that an unexpected test of its systems is going to come -- you just don't know when. For the Columbus Crew, there was one big test of its bleeding-edge stadium-entry technology package during the fifth regular-season game ever at the new Lower.com Field. And it arrived in spectacular fashion,...

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Editorial

Column: Fans are returning. Is your venue really ready?

As spring turns into summer, it seems like every day there are new pieces of good news arriving. With more areas of the country seeing the pandemic in recession, more and more cities and states are giving venues permission to hold full-attendance events. For those of us in the events business as well as those who drive our business --...

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News

Baseball opens season, with socially distanced fans

Major League Baseball opened its 2021 season across the U.S. Thursday, with fans in the parks for pretty much the first time in a year. Since the Covid-19 pandemic put live audiences mostly to a halt last March, there had been no fans at MLB games until some limited-attendance experiments at the end of the season. Over the past year,...

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Editorial

Pandemic planning puts focus on venue entry, concessions

As some venues take baby steps forward in allowing limited fan attendance at events, for most venues the ongoing effects of the Covid-19 pandemic are forcing owners and operators to take a longer look at the technologies and procedures that can help provide safer situations for large crowds inside public spaces for the foreseeable future. And if keeping fans farther...

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