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Phillies keep MLB’s facial-authentication ticketing system in use for playoffs
The Philadelphia Phillies are continuing to use a trial deployment of facial-authentication technology for ticket verification at Citizens Bank Park as the team progresses through the playoffs, according to Major League Baseball. The system, deployed by MLB at the stadium in August this year, requires fans to pre-register by uploading a selfie through MLB's Ballpark app. The system then couples...News
Cleveland Browns report big gains by using Wicket facial authentication technology for ticketing
What began as a technology trial is now a full-blown success, as the Cleveland Browns are reporting big gains in space and cost savings by moving more of their stadium entry gates to a facial-authentication system powered by software from Wicket. In a press release with statistics from the full 2022 NFL season at Cleveland Browns Stadium, the team said...Editorial
What stadium tech might proliferate in 2023?
Looking back at 2022, it's easy to proclaim it as a banner year for stadium technology. Innovation on multiple fronts arrived, not just as ideas but actual products and services that brought immediate improvement to stadium business areas like concessions, ticketing, security and infrastructure. Will 2023 bring more acceleration of new ideas and technology deployments as venues continue to try...Editorial
IDmission brings online ID verification to stadium concessions
BOULDER, Colo. -- IDmission is on a mission. A mission to help bring faster and more secure ID and age verification and payments verification to stadium concession operations. To be clear, it's not the company's only mission. In fact, it's currently only a very small part of IDmission's overall business, in which it serves more than 100 large financial institutions...Feature