Biometric ticketing a hit with major sports leagues

More and more sports franchises are playing ball with biometric ticketing options for fans. Major League Baseball (MLB) and European soccer leagues have thus far led the way. But much as biometric systems are seeing increasing pickup in retail and transportation settings, a transformational wave of biometric ticketing deployments across the sporting world seems likely, if not inevitable – despite ongoing concerns from privacy advocates that facial recognition and other biometrics-based access control systems are a risk to personal privacy. …

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