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Faster paths to food and drink: Broncos, Aramark team up on concession-technology innovation
The linebacker-size Denver Broncos fan walked boldly up to the new-technology concession stand, stopped at the entry, spread his hands wide and said with a smile: “OK, tell me what I need to do here.” If you’ve been to a game recently at Denver’s Empower Field at Mile High, it would not surprise you that the fan expected to encounter...Feature
Denver Concessions, Part 1: Facing a new way to Zippin
Zippin, a San Francisco-based startup which is leading the sports stadium market for checkout-free concession stands, is now embracing another new technology - facial authentication systems for age and payment verification - to speed transactions up even more. “This is the holy grail for us,” said Alicia Woznicki, vice president of design and development at Aramark Sports + Entertainment, about...Feature
Denver Concessions, Part 2: Mashgin scanners provide flexibility and checkout speed
Even before Zippin, fans at Empower Field at Mile High got introduced to new concessions technology several years ago when a curious machine appeared at the checkout area of some stands. Instead of a staffer behind a terminal, the new devices were a platform surrounded by metal bands above and on the platform’s sides. What fans were instructed to do...Feature
Denver Concessions, Part 3: The rise of the self-checkout kiosk
If there is a newer concessions technology that is fairly obvious in the how-to of its use, it’s the big-screen kiosk. Popular at quick-service restaurants in many places, self-order kiosks have been gradually growing in use at stadium concession stands, including Empower Field at Mile High, where the technology has been in use for several years in a few different...Feature