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Stadium Tech Report

February 25th, 2025

New York Mets

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NFL picks Wicket for in-stadium credentialing program using facial authentication

The National Football League will use facial authentication technology from Wicket for a league-wide internal credentialing system this season, according to the company. After a trial last year at several NFL venues, including Cleveland Browns Stadium, the league will implement a Wicket-based system at all 30 league venues for all 32 teams, starting with this summer's first preseason games. According...

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Axess adding Wicket’s facial authentication tech to its stadium ticketing pedestals

Axess, a provider of stadium ticketing and access management systems, is in the process of adding Wicket's facial-authentication software to its entry pedestals, which would allow venues to support the widest range of ticket authentication technologies in a single piece of hardware. Though the product doesn't yet have a formal name (UPDATE: Per a LinkedIn comment, Axess says it is...

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Wicket hits 1 million mark for facial-authentication stadium entries

Facial-authentication technology provider Wicket announced that deployments of its technology for stadium ticketing and entry applications have passed the 1 million successful entries mark, a sign that the method is starting to gain real traction among stadium and venue operators. Following early adoptions of Wicket's technology by the Columbus Crew, the Cleveland Browns, the Atlanta Falcons and the New York...

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Mets unveil new Samsung videoboard, biggest in baseball

The New York Mets have unveiled a new centerfield videoboard from Samsung Electronics that Samsung and the team claims is the largest in professional baseball. The new board at Citi Field, which according to Samsung has a 17,400-square feet LED screen on the front and a 6,900-square feet screen on the back, is scheduled to be operational for the Mets'...

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Facial authentication looking like a winner for stadium applications

Facial authentication technology may be the next new thing to start multiplying soon at stadiums, as initial deployments are drawing rave reviews from both fans and venues for their ability to speed up identification-based transactions. For uses including stadium entry, security checks and concessions-based age verification, facial authentication systems at stadiums like First Energy Stadium in Cleveland, Citi Field in...

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