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| DATE | 2022-12-29 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] Spying and Data collection for tickets at
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https://www.sporttechie.com/new-york-mets-citi-field-wicket-fan-survey/
80% of Fans Found Wicket at Citi Field a ‘More Convenient and Engaging
Way’ to Enter Ballpark, Mets Survey Finds
By Andrew Cohen
December 27, 2022
A survey from the New York Mets found that 80% of fans who used Wicket’s
facial ticketing to enter Citi Field last season felt it was a “more
convenient and engaging way” to enter the ballpark versus traditional
methods. The survey also found that 90% of respondents would like to see
the Mets expand Wicket’s facial recognition to support in-venue
transactions among other experiences.
Wicket’s opt-in facial ticketing system was piloted at Citi Field in
2021. It expanded last season to have Wicket’s kiosks placed at all main
entry gates for the Mets Entry Express program. The survey was based on
responses from 194 Mets Entry Express users, which represent 0.58% of
the 33,308 average crowd at Citi Field in 2022. The Mets plan to expand
Wicket’s facial recognition in 2023 to include additional express lanes
and new premium spaces for fans who register for Wicket via the MLB
Ballpark app.
The Mets’ survey said it took six seconds for a family of four to enter
Citi Field via Wicket’s express gates. Other teams partnered with Wicket
include MLS club Columbus Crew and the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons and
Cleveland Browns. Not all New Yorkers are supportive of the Mets’ facial
recognition usage, as the NY-based privacy group Surveillance Technology
Oversight Project (STOP) formed a petition in September that seeks to
remove facial ticketing from Citi Field. In a separate facial
recognition deployment, Knicks and Rangers owner James Dolan has used
the technology to ban lawyers from firms suing him from entering Madison
Square Garden.
"Fans shouldn't have to give away their faces when a barcode will do
just fine,” STOP director Sam Van Doran said in a statement.
“Surveillance vendors push tech solutions for problems that don't exist,
without considering the consequences. As a Mets fan, I'm an optimist -
but when biometric data is collected by a private company for unknown
purposes, we all lose."
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