A woman scanning her fingerprints at a CLEAR biometric system outside Comerica Park before a baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and Kansas City Royals in Detroit. Screening technology that scans a user’s eyes, face or fingerprint has multiplied around the world in recent years. — AP
The metal detectors every sports fan has become accustomed to at the gate might soon be accompanied by thermal body scanners as part of the gargantuan task of preventing the spread of the new coronavirus and other airborne diseases.
And that might be just one thing the public will need to be comfortable with in order to bring games back for in-person viewing.
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A woman scanning her fingerprints at a CLEAR biometric system outside Comerica Park before a baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and Kansas City Royals in Detroit. Screening technology that scans a user’s eyes, face or fingerprint has multiplied around the world in recent years. — AP
A fan uses a smartphone to scan tickets at Levi's Stadium before an NFL preseason football game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Denver Broncos in Santa Clara, California. Tickets have widely transitioned from paper souvenirs to smartphone screens. These tools are an important piece of the reopening puzzle. They also further test a fan’s willingness to potentially sacrifice a little more privacy in an increasingly wired-in world in exchange for the opportunity to sit courtside or behind the plate again. — AP
University of Kentucky football manager Jordan Newton has his eyes scanned for the eye retina security system at the new University of Kentucky football training center in Lexington, Kentucky. Screening technology that scans a user’s eyes, face or fingerprint has multiplied around the world in recent years. — AP
A closed circuit construction camera peers out at the Grandstand stadium during qualifying rounds at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York. Nascent forms of crowd monitoring – like laser-driven density detection and camera-based line-length calculations – will likely grow faster in a post-pandemic era of live sports. — AP
A camera overlooking the stands is seen at Luigi Ferraris stadium in Genoa, Italy, during the unveiling to the press of the new security control room. Dave Karls has Bucks season tickets and is eager enough for his next visit to Fiserv Forum that having his location trackable in the arena would not interfere with the enjoyment. "I’d much rather have that than not be able to attend the game at all,” Karls said. Such concern depends on an individual's definition of surveillance, a word that carries nefarious connotation in some corners. — AP
A security camera, upper left, is mounted near a stairway at MetLife Stadium, home of the New York Giants and the New York Jets football teams, in East Rutherford, N.J. Dave Karls has Bucks season tickets and is eager enough for his next visit to Fiserv Forum that having his location trackable in the arena would not interfere with the enjoyment. "I’d much rather have that than not be able to attend the game at all,” Karls said. Such concern depends on an individual's definition of surveillance, a word that carries nefarious connotation in some corners. — AP
Security wands fans before an opening day baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. The metal detectors that greet sports fans at the gates might soon be accompanied by thermal body scanners, in the gargantuan task of better protecting venues from virus spread in order to bring the games back for in-person viewing. — AP
A United Center security officer uses a wand as he checks for prohibited items as a fan arrives for Game 1 of a second-round NBA playoff basketball series between the Chicago Bulls and the Atlanta Hawks, in Chicago. The metal detectors that greet sports fans at the gates might soon be accompanied by thermal body scanners, in the gargantuan task of better protecting venues from virus spread in order to bring the games back for in-person viewing. — AP
A security guard wands a Cincinnati Bengals fan outside Paul Brown Stadium prior to an NFL preseason football game between the Bengals and Tennessee Titans, in Cincinnati. — AP
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