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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...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...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...Feature
Super Bowl LVIII sees big jump in per-device Wi-Fi data used en route to new total record of 34.8 TB
The Wi-Fi network data usage at Super Bowl LVIII recorded a big jump in per-device data used en route to a new Super Bowl record for total data used of 34.8 TB, an increase from last year's Wi-Fi total of 31.5 TB, according to statistics released by Extreme Networks. While the overall total data usage mark from the Feb. 11 game at Allegiant...Feature