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Stadium Tech Report

November 24th, 2024

Paul Kapustka

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Massive poolside video board makes a splash at Las Vegas’ Circa

Sports fans who are looking for a stadium-sized experience during their next Las Vegas stay might want to check out Circa, a new downtown resort with a massive poolside videoboard and a three-story sportsbook with its own huge screen, amenities that might have started a new big-screen arms race outside of traditional sports venues. With the two big videoboards, owner...

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Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology will be used in 4 concession stands at Climate Pledge Arena

Fans who attend events at the opening-soon Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle will have the opportunity to purchase concessions at four stands that will use Amazon's Just Walk Out technology, which allows customers to pick items and leave without any checkout process. The new type of concession stands, which are starting to multiply using technology from several competing vendors, use...

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Los Angeles Dodgers using WaitTime for crowd-intelligence data

The Los Angeles Dodgers announced a partnership with crowd-intelligence system provider WaitTime, to better understand crowd behavior inside different parts of Dodger Stadium. WaitTime, which uses a combination of camera feeds and artificial intelligence software to provide real-time analysis of crowd flow and fan behavior, can help teams and venues better understand how crowds behave in certain spaces like concession...

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Buffalo Bills add vaccination-proof requirement for fans; LA teams coming soon

The Buffalo Bills are the latest NFL team to join the growing list of organizations that will require fans to show proof of Covid-19 vaccination to attend games, and the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers are expected to follow suit soon, with both regions getting government direction to do so. In Buffalo, the Bills joined county executives on...

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SpotOn raises $300 million, in part to acquire venue POS services provider Appetize

Consolidation in the back-end payments market continued Monday, with the announcement by restaurant/retail payments provider SpotOn that it had raised $300 million in funding, in part to allow the firm to purchase point-of-sale services provider Appetize, which has won big chunks of business in the stadium and events space recently. The big funding round was led by Silicon Valley VC...

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