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Stadium Tech Report

October 7th, 2024

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Denver Concessions, Part 4: When design and process are as important as technology

The one thing that’s often not mentioned when discussing stadium concession technology is that the physical layout and functionality of the stands themselves can sometimes do as much to improve fan and business experiences than any technology. Starting just before the pandemic hit, Empower Field at Mile High and other venues began experimenting with concession stands that looked much different...

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Stadiums embracing self-serve beverage technology

The decades-old stadium and arena refrain of “beer, here!” from exuberant hawkers, a sound almost as ingrained with the in-person sports experience as the roar of the crowd itself, is increasingly being joined by a transformative wave of self-serve beverage technology. Mirroring a rising trend of consumer-directed and automated experiences in many other areas of commerce, such as checkout-free stores,...

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News

New Report! Self-serve drink machines, Super Bowl recap and more!

Welcome to the first issue of our TENTH year of STADIUM TECH REPORTS, the Spring 2023 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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Editorial

IDmission brings online ID verification to stadium concessions

BOULDER, Colo. -- IDmission is on a mission. A mission to help bring faster and more secure ID and age verification and payments verification to stadium concession operations. To be clear, it's not the company's only mission. In fact, it's currently only a very small part of IDmission's overall business, in which it serves more than 100 large financial institutions...

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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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