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Editorial: All venues should follow the Raiders’ lead and only allow vaccinated fans at events

When the NFL's stereotypical bad-boy team with its legendary rowdy fans found a new home in Las Vegas, it was the safe bet to predict dire outcomes from bringing "the Black Hole" to Sin City. But who would have thought that the Las Vegas Raiders and their fans would become the sports-world leaders in fan decorum and vaccination sanity? That's...

October 14, 2021 by Paul Kapustka

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Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology will be used in 4 concession stands at Climate Pledge Arena

Fans who attend events at the opening-soon Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle will have the opportunity to purchase concessions at four stands that will use Amazon's Just Walk Out technology, which allows customers to pick items and leave without any checkout process. The new type of concession stands, which are starting to multiply using technology from several competing vendors, use...

September 23, 2021 by Paul Kapustka

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Los Angeles Dodgers using WaitTime for crowd-intelligence data

The Los Angeles Dodgers announced a partnership with crowd-intelligence system provider WaitTime, to better understand crowd behavior inside different parts of Dodger Stadium. WaitTime, which uses a combination of camera feeds and artificial intelligence software to provide real-time analysis of crowd flow and fan behavior, can help teams and venues better understand how crowds behave in certain spaces like concession...

September 23, 2021 by Paul Kapustka

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Buffalo Bills add vaccination-proof requirement for fans; LA teams coming soon

The Buffalo Bills are the latest NFL team to join the growing list of organizations that will require fans to show proof of Covid-19 vaccination to attend games, and the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers are expected to follow suit soon, with both regions getting government direction to do so. In Buffalo, the Bills joined county executives on...

September 16, 2021 by Paul Kapustka

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SpotOn raises $300 million, in part to acquire venue POS services provider Appetize

Consolidation in the back-end payments market continued Monday, with the announcement by restaurant/retail payments provider SpotOn that it had raised $300 million in funding, in part to allow the firm to purchase point-of-sale services provider Appetize, which has won big chunks of business in the stadium and events space recently. The big funding round was led by Silicon Valley VC...

September 13, 2021 by Paul Kapustka

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President Biden calls for venues to require vaccinations or recent negative Covid-19 tests for fans

It was only a suggestion and not any kind of an official order, but part of President Joe Biden's address Thursday on new plans to fight the Covid-19 pandemic contained a direct call to sports stadiums and other large public venues to require fans to either be vaccinated or have a recent negative Covid-19 test in order to attend events....

September 11, 2021 by Paul Kapustka

Editorial: All venues should follow the Raiders’ lead and only allow vaccinated fans at events

Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology will be used in 4 concession stands at Climate Pledge Arena

Los Angeles Dodgers using WaitTime for crowd-intelligence data

Buffalo Bills add vaccination-proof requirement for fans; LA teams coming soon

SpotOn raises $300 million, in part to acquire venue POS services provider Appetize

President Biden calls for venues to require vaccinations or recent negative Covid-19 tests for fans

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