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Stadium Tech Report

January 8th, 2025

Paul Kapustka

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KC Current picks Xtract One for security screening at CPKC stadium

National Women's Soccer League team Kansas City Current announced it will use Xtract One's SmartGateway walk-through security scanning system at its new home, CPKC Stadium, when the venue opens next year. In a press release the team and company announced it would use Xtract One's weapon detection technology solutions at the new 11,500-seat venue, the first specifically built for a...

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New Report! An in-depth look at the concessions technology at Denver’s Empower Field at Mile High

Welcome to the third issue of our TENTH year of STADIUM TECH REPORTS, the Fall 2023 issue! These long-form reports are designed to give stadium and large public venue owners and operators, and digital sports business executives a way to dig deep into the topic of stadium technology, via exclusive research and profiles of successful stadium technology deployments, as well...

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Denver Concessions, Part 1: Facing a new way to Zippin

Zippin, a San Francisco-based startup which is leading the sports stadium market for checkout-free concession stands, is now embracing another new technology - facial authentication systems for age and payment verification - to speed transactions up even more. “This is the holy grail for us,” said Alicia Woznicki, vice president of design and development at Aramark Sports + Entertainment, about...

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Denver Concessions, Part 2: Mashgin scanners provide flexibility and checkout speed

Even before Zippin, fans at Empower Field at Mile High got introduced to new concessions technology several years ago when a curious machine appeared at the checkout area of some stands. Instead of a staffer behind a terminal, the new devices were a platform surrounded by metal bands above and on the platform’s sides. What fans were instructed to do...

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Denver Concessions, Part 3: The rise of the self-checkout kiosk

If there is a newer concessions technology that is fairly obvious in the how-to of its use, it’s the big-screen kiosk. Popular at quick-service restaurants in many places, self-order kiosks have been gradually growing in use at stadium concession stands, including Empower Field at Mile High, where the technology has been in use for several years in a few different...

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