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Seattle’s Lumen Field getting an Amazon ‘Just Walk Out’ store

The Seattle Seahawks announced they will be opening a concessions stand using Amazon's "Just Walk Out" technology at Lumen Field this fall, the 15th such stand for Amazon in a stadium setting and the third venue in Seattle to embrace the hometown company's technology. Called "District Market," the concessions stand at Lumen Field will be a bigger version of the...

August 27, 2022 by Paul Kapustka

Editorial

Two weeks left: Time to take the Stadium Connectivity Outlook survey!

I know it's a busy time for most sports teams, venues and IT staffs but we have a deadline request: There are only two weeks left for you to take our Stadium Connectivity Outlook survey for 2022, so please find a few minutes of your time to complete the survey! Take the survey now! We've given you all kinds of...

August 25, 2022 by Paul Kapustka

Feature

Checkout-free concessions stands ready to multiply at stadiums

Once a curiosity deployed mainly in trial situations, the concessions technology known as "checkout free" or "just walk out" is ready for its prime-time moment in stadiums, with a host of new deployments already announced or coming soon to a venue near you. Leading suppliers of the technology are currently busy announcing new stadium stores, with more announcements expected before...

August 17, 2022 by Paul Kapustka

Editorial

A personal request to all venue IT professionals: Please take our Stadium Connectivity Outlook survey, to help your peers!

In my 11 years of covering the stadium technology marketplace, one thing I found that makes it special is how willing all participants are to share operational information. Since stadiums don't really "compete" against each other like teams do, it makes sense. Nobody in Minnesota is going to lose if someone in Green Bay adopts a best stadium technology idea...

August 12, 2022 by Paul Kapustka

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New Report: SoFi Stadium’s network sees 53 petabytes of traffic at Super Bowl 56

Stadium Tech Report is pleased to announce our Spring 2022 issue, with a report on the mind-blowing 53 petabytes of network data used at Super Bowl 56 on SoFi Stadium's converged IP network. Also in this issue you will find a feature profile of the new walk-through weapons detection systems being deployed at sports venues, along with a story about...

May 9, 2022 by Paul Kapustka

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Faster Food: Denver Broncos, Aramark team up on aggressive new-technology concessions deployments

Even before they traded for star quarterback Russell Wilson this offseason, the Denver Broncos have been taking care of their fans at Empower Field at Mile High, especially when it comes to concessions operations. By addressing years-old concessions problems with new technologies and new ideas of how to get food and drink into fans' hands (and stomachs) much faster, the...