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Stadium Tech Report

October 5th, 2024

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‘Pay with your face’ program for concessions growing rapidly at Cleveland Browns’ Huntington Bank Field

The practice of using your face to pay for concessions purchases is growing rapidly at the Cleveland Browns' Huntington Bank Field, thanks in part to an expansion of the Browns' facial authentication programs this season. Along with main technology and deployment partners Wicket and Aramark, the Browns' decision to double the number of concession stands using facial authentication technology for...

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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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San Francisco Giants fans rapidly adopting facial-authentication ticketing tech at Oracle Park

As the longtime warden of all things technology for the San Francisco Giants, chief information officer Bill Schlough has seen (and sometimes deployed) many different types of tech. So when he tells you a new one really gets him jazzed, it makes sense to pay attention. The newest addition to Oracle Park's tech stack is the facial-authentication ticketing system provided...

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MLB expands ‘Go-Ahead Entry’ facial-authentication ticketing program using NEC technology

Major League Baseball has expanded its "Go-Ahead Entry" facial-authentication ticketing program for the 2024 season, with the San Francisco Giants, the Houston Astros and the Washington Nationals joining the Philadelphia Phillies in the MLB-program aimed at speeding up fan entry to ballparks. Using gate technology from NEC, the MLB program allows fans to verify ticket information by simply walking by...

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Wicket hits 1 million mark for facial-authentication stadium entries

Facial-authentication technology provider Wicket announced that deployments of its technology for stadium ticketing and entry applications have passed the 1 million successful entries mark, a sign that the method is starting to gain real traction among stadium and venue operators. Following early adoptions of Wicket's technology by the Columbus Crew, the Cleveland Browns, the Atlanta Falcons and the New York...

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