str header

Stadium Tech Report

February 23rd, 2025

Feature

Feature

Super Feature Test 2

network saw a peak throughput surge of 31 Gigabits per second when the two legends walked onto the field together, a number higher than any previous acknowledged recording at big events like Super Bowls or Swift concerts. But when it comes to one of country music’s biggest stars coming out for a mid-game rendition of “Rocky Top,” escorted by probably...

by

Feature

Super Feature Test

According to Thomas Moats Jr., assistant athletic director for IT at Tennessee, the just-finished stadium network saw a peak throughput surge of 31 Gigabits per second when the two legends walked onto the field together, a number higher than any previous acknowledged recording at big events like Super Bowls or Swift concerts. But when it comes to one of country...

by

Feature

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...

by

Feature

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...

by

Feature

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...

by

Post Categories: