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Stadium Tech Report

December 26th, 2024

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Reds, Royals join MLB’s facial authentication entry technology program

Major League Baseball's initiative to bring facial authentication systems to ballparks for faster entry has gained two new stadiums, Cincinnati's Great American Ball Park and Kansas City's Kauffman Stadium, according to MLB. Using gate technology from NEC, the MLB program allows fans to verify ticket information by simply walking by the gate pedestals and looking at the camera. Fans must...

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Patriots, Chiefs add Zippin ‘Walk-up’ checkout-free concession stands

The most affordable version of a checkout-free concession stand, one that uses existing concession stand layouts and infrastructure, continues to gain acceptance at stadiums, with the New England Patriots and the Kansas City Chiefs recently deploying new stands using technology from Zippin. According to a recent Zippin email, the Patriots this summer added a Zippin walk-up version store to Gillette...

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T-Mobile sees 6.3 TB of cellular traffic at Globe Life Field for MLB All-Star Game

Some recent upgrades to its 5G cellular network at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, helped wireless carrier T-Mobile see 6.3 terabytes of data used by its customers during the two days of Major League Baseball's All-Star Game activities earlier this month. According to figures provided by T-Mobile, the carrier said it saw a combined 6.3 TB of traffic on...

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London’s O2 arena adding an Amazon ‘Just Walk Out’ concession stand

One of the world's busiest arenas, London's O2, is adding an Amazon "Just Walk Out" checkout-free concession stand later this summer, according to releases from the venue and from Amazon. From the rendering provided by the arena, the new stand appears to be of the single-lane variety, built into a previous space on the concourse. According to a press release...

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Axess adding Wicket’s facial authentication tech to its stadium ticketing pedestals

Axess, a provider of stadium ticketing and access management systems, is in the process of adding Wicket's facial-authentication software to its entry pedestals, which would allow venues to support the widest range of ticket authentication technologies in a single piece of hardware. Though the product doesn't yet have a formal name (UPDATE: Per a LinkedIn comment, Axess says it is...

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Aramark adds self-scan checkout concession stand to Indy 500 menu

Caterer Aramark Sports & Entertainment is bringing its expertise in new concession-stand technology to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, in part by adding a stand with self-scan checkout kiosks to the Pagoda Plaza area. According to a release from Aramark (which also describes new menu items available for this year's Indianapolis 500 race) the new "Refreshments Express" concession stand will feature...

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