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Survey says: Adding more wireless a priority for venues
What tops the list of planned investments for stadiums the next year? According to the results of our 2022 Stadium Connectivity Survey, a majority of venues will be investing in more wireless connectivity, for both fan-facing services as well as back-of-house operations. In a partnership with sponsor Verizon, in August and September of this year we reached out to the...Feature
Survey Says: Staffing replaces Covid as venues’ top concern
What is the top concern of venues this year? According to the results of our annual Stadium Connectivity Outlook survey, finding enough people to help staff the return of capacity crowds to venues was top of mind among the stadium technology professionals who participated in our survey. In a partnership with sponsor Verizon, in August and September of this year...Feature
Wrigley Field adds new technology for security, concessions
The National League's oldest ballpark, the Chicago Cubs' Wrigley Field, has shown the ability to teach other venues about some new technology tricks, as witnessed by Stadium Tech Report in an early June visit. Though the outfield-wall ivy and other trappings never let you forget about Wrigley's heritage, new technologies that include walk-through security screening and optical-scanning concessions checkout terminals...Feature
Safer, faster: New weapons-detection technology is changing the speed of stadium entry
Put your keys back in your pocket. Keep your cell phone there, too. Keep your hands to your side and walk forward at a normal pace. Congratulations, you've perfected the new way to enter stadiums. Using newer forms of radio-wave image detection or magnetic scanning, the claim for most of these new systems is that they can "see" weapons of...Editorial