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Stadium Tech Report

April 26th, 2025

Paul Kapustka

Editorial

Walk in, walk out: Get ready for more checkout-free concessions

Coming soon, to a venue near you: Checkout-free concession stands, where you walk in, take what you want and walk out, leaving the billing to the network. If your stadium doesn't have these types of stands yet, just wait. If investors have anything to say about it, companies providing the technology behind the most innovative thing to possibly ever happen...

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News

MatSing antennas, Verizon 5G and AiFi walk-through concessions at Miami F1 race

This weekend's Formula 1 Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix, which gets underway today, will have a host of stadium technologies on hand to help the expected 200,000-plus fans connect and consume while attending the event. Being held on a track built around Miami's Hard Rock Stadium, the F1 event is getting Super Bowl-like connectivity enhancements from sponsor Verizon, which will have...

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News

Zippin’s checkout-free concessions technology now in 25 stadium stands

Startup Zippin said that its checkout-free concessions technology is now in 25 separate stadium stands spread out among nine different venues, several of which the company has not yet named. In a press release touting some of the company's operational achievements -- including a claim that it has reached "a key milestone" of serving a total of more than 500,000...

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Feature

Photo Essay: BTS ‘Army’ swarms Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas

The famed "Army" of fans who follow the K-pop group BTS invaded Las Vegas earlier this month, with more than 200,000 fans attending four shows over two weekends at Allegiant Stadium, according to reports. Stadium Tech Report field scout Delaney Carnes was in attendance at one of the shows on the weekend of April 16-17, and reported nothing but smooth...

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News

Houston Astros add two Amazon ‘Just Walk Out’ stores at Minute Maid Park

The checkout-free concessions stand movement continues to grow, as the Houston Astros announced the addition of two Amazon-powered "Just Walk Out" stands at Minute Maid Park for the current baseball season. The Just Walk Out technology, which allows customers to pick items and leave without any checkout process, use a prepayment scheme involving either a credit card swiped at the...

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Target Center turned off fan-facing Wi-Fi for Women’s Final Four

In what seems like a strange procedure for a national championship event, the Target Center in Minneapolis turned off fan access to the stadium's Wi-Fi network for the recent NCAA Women's Final Four, forcing visitors to use only cellular communications for any in-venue connectivity. According to a Target Center spokesperson, though the stadium regularly offers free Wi-Fi to fans for...

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