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Stadium Tech Report

March 6th, 2025

Paul Kapustka

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Facial authentication for faster beer purchases takes off in Cleveland

With a helping push from their facial-authentication ticketing program, the Cleveland Browns and their concession partners have successfully developed a concept called "Express Beer" where fans use facial authentication technology to verify age and payment information to greatly speed up food and beverage purchases. Reaching a total of approximately 5,000 transactions for the entire 2023 season, the Express Beer program...

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Cleveland Browns tap Wicket for back of house security, on-field credentialing

Facial authentication technology, which the Cleveland Browns are using heavily for fan ticketing and concessions operations, is also an effective back of house tool, as the Browns are using it for office security as well as on-field credentialing. Using software from a Cambridge, Mass.-based startup called Wicket, the Browns now have facial-authentication systems set up at the team headquarters in...

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LAFC adds Amazon ‘Just Walk Out’ tech to existing concession stand at BMO Stadium

The Los Angeles Football Club has added Amazon's "Just Walk Out" technology to an existing concession stand at BMO Stadium, the first such stripped-down deployment we've seen from Amazon in the stadium space. According to a press release from the club, the King's Hawaiian Grill stand on the main concourse of BMO Stadium now has the familiar checkout-free entry and...

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Inter Miami CF adds four new ‘outdoor’ Zippin stores at Chase Stadium

The start of Major League Soccer's 2024 season is also the time for unveiling new additions to stadium technology, and on the checkout-free concession stand front Inter Miami CF is in the early lead with the announcement of four new Zippin-powered stores now open at Chase Stadium. Update, 4/29/24: According to a Zippin LinkedIn post, the stadium has already added...

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Artemis partners with Boldyn Networks to demonstrate pCell wireless network in Times Square

With a credible third-party deployment partner in hand, Artemis Networks hopes it may finally have what it needs to make its radically different mobile connectivity technology known as pCell a viable commercial wireless alternative. A full 10 years and one week after first announcing pCell, Artemis announced the particulars of a proof of concept pCell wireless network it has been...

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