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Stadium Tech Report

December 21st, 2024

AiFi

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...

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News

New Report: UBS Arena provides ‘Islanders’ Paradise’ for hockey and concert fans

Welcome to the second issue of our NINTH year of STADIUM TECH REPORTS, the Summer 2022 issue! These long-form reports are designed to give stadium and large public venue owners and operators, and digital sports business executives a way to dig deep into the topic of stadium technology, via exclusive research and profiles of successful stadium technology deployments, as well...

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News

Checkout-free ‘drink lane’ with AiFi tech opens at Leicester City stadium

Technology from San Francisco-based AiFi is being used to run a checkout-free "drink lane" concession stand at Leicester City's King Power Stadium, according to the company. In a press release, Levy UK+I (the sports arm of Compass Group UK and Ireland) claimed that the stand was the first checkout-free stadium deployment in Europe. What is unique about the stand at...

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News

Nissan Stadium adding five Zippin checkout-free stores

Nissan Stadium, home of the NFL's Tennessee Titans, will be adding five checkout-free concession stands using technology from Zippin, a San Mateo, Calif.-based startup. According to Zippin and the Titans, the stores will be ready for operation by the NFL preseason games this summer. Zippin, the leader in the checkout-free sports stadium concession stand race, now has 30 stadium stores...

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Editorial

Walk in, walk out: Get ready for more checkout-free concessions

Coming soon, to a venue near you: Checkout-free concession stands, where you walk in, take what you want and walk out, leaving the billing to the network. If your stadium doesn't have these types of stands yet, just wait. If investors have anything to say about it, companies providing the technology behind the most innovative thing to possibly ever happen...

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News

MatSing antennas, Verizon 5G and AiFi walk-through concessions at Miami F1 race

This weekend's Formula 1 Crypto.com Miami Grand Prix, which gets underway today, will have a host of stadium technologies on hand to help the expected 200,000-plus fans connect and consume while attending the event. Being held on a track built around Miami's Hard Rock Stadium, the F1 event is getting Super Bowl-like connectivity enhancements from sponsor Verizon, which will have...

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