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Stadium Tech Report

April 2nd, 2025

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Wicket’s facial authentication technology a ticket to success for Cleveland Browns

For the Cleveland Browns, a test to see if facial authentication technology from a startup named Wicket could produce a faster way to get fans through ticketing gates has, in a few years, blossomed into a highly accepted solution. With 35,000 fans enrolled in their "Express Access" facial-authentication ticketing plan that regularly supports 15 percent or more of all game-day...

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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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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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Did Verizon push Super Bowl attendees to use 5G instead of Wi-Fi?

The Super Bowl this year once again allowed cellular carriers to see record data usage by fans at the game, with Verizon reporting that it saw its customers use 52.34 terabytes of data "in and around" Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Sunday, besting the mark of 47.8 TB used at last year's big game. But for Super Bowl LVIII,...

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