By Biometrics a High Priority for Stadiums and Live Venues in 2025
Editor's CommentWhat a great way to get thousands of people at a time used to the idea that biometric surveillance is normal, necessary, and convenient. Please understand the end goal is not for our benefit! – Jesse Smith
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Stadiums, arenas and other venues for sports and live events are likely to follow airports as places that bring biometrics to the masses. New survey results show almost half of venues (47 percent) consider biometrics a top initiative for 2025.
The Stadium Connectivity Outlook survey, supported by Verizon and Stadium Tech Report, also shows 37 percent of respondents already using biometrics for applications that include verification of credentials for staff and media entrances.
That makes credentialing and authentication for access control the top category for biometric deployments, indicating increasing trust in face authentication and other biometric credentialing systems. It is followed by ticketing and entry at 14 percent, premium or VIP seating at 8, and concessions at 7 percent.
That final category would seem likely to curve steeply upward as technology enables cashless payments for food and merchandise purchases, age verification for alcohol sales, and other innovative biometric integrations that improve fan experience. Read Full Article >
