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, […]
Welcome to the new Stadium Tech Report, better than the old Stadium Tech Report!
Networked restrooms? Podcasts? Concession technology? If you are a longtime Stadium Tech Report reader, you might be wondering what’s going on here. But to readers old and new we simply say welcome — welcome to our new coverage strategy, which is really hitting its stride with this current issue of the Stadium Tech Report. Once […]
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 […]
A personal request to all venue IT professionals: Please take our Stadium Connectivity Outlook survey, to help your peers!
In my 11 years of covering the stadium technology marketplace, one thing I found that makes it special is how willing all participants are to share operational information. Since stadiums don’t really “compete” against each other like teams do, it makes sense. Nobody in Minnesota is going to lose if someone in Green Bay adopts […]
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 […]
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, […]
