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Stadium Tech Report

April 6th, 2025

Paul Kapustka

News

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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Boldyn Networks signs multi-year deal to be connectivity ‘partner of choice’ for ASM Global

Venue connectivity provider Boldyn Networks and venue owner/operator ASM Global announced a multi-year deal under which Boldyn would be ASM's 'partner of choice' for connectivity upgrades that could include 5G, next-generation Wi-Fi, and private network deployments, according to the companies. Though no new deals were announced in the press release, as many venues look to upgrade expiring contracts on previous...

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Editorial

Listen in as NASCAR talks about its extensive speedway Wi-Fi deployments

How did NASCAR, Verizon and Extreme Networks team up to bring full fan-facing Wi-Fi 6 networks to numerous NASCAR speedways? Listen in to a recording of our recent webinar to hear the full story and get some insight on what it takes to bring high-definition wireless to some of the largest public venues out there. You can find the recording...

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Feature

TapIn2, IDmission add facial authentication to self-checkout kiosks

Self-checkout kiosks using software from TapIn2 and IDmission will allow fans at the Kansas City Royals' Kauffman Stadium to use facial authentication for age and payment verification this baseball season, according to a press release from caterer Aramark. We haven't yet talked to anybody specifically about the coming technology deployment, but according to Aramark the combination of facial authentication verification...

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Editorial

Here’s why Stadium Tech Report is adding sponsor posts to our news feed

Stadium Tech Report's main "news feed" -- our chronological list of published posts -- will now include submissions from our sponsor partners, starting today. There are several reasons behind this innovation, but believe me when I say it's all being done mainly for the benefit of our readers. Yes, it's also a business decision. But I would like to take...

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News

Save the date! Join us for a webinar about NASCAR’s new Wi-Fi deployments

Join us on March 12, at 1 p.m. ET, for a webinar discussing the new Wi-Fi deployments at NASCAR race tracks around the U.S. Moderated by me, the panel will include representatives from NASCAR, Verizon, and Extreme Networks. UPDATE: You can listen to a recording of the webinar here. Register here for the free webinar, which will explore NASCAR's aggressive...

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