Stadium security - Case studies
The video archive feature in Genetec Security Center system captures and stores video feeds for multiple years Genetec™, a leading provider of unified IP security solutions, announced recently that MetLife Stadium (East Rutherford, NJ)—home of the New York Giants and the New York Jets—has installed the Genetec Security Center system in its 82,500 seat stadium. MetLife Stadium is one of the largest outdoor sports and entertainment venues in the US, and requir...
Software House’s C•CURE 800 access control is tied to American Dynamics’ Intellex video management system Technology provides for safer environment at Pittsburgh Steelers’ football stadium Software House and American Dynamics, business units of Tyco Fire & Security and leading brands in security management and digital video systems, have been chosen to provide the integrated security solution at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, the 64,350-seat home of the...
Video solutions from American Dynamics would enable stadiums to record and manage IP video In late 2011, the Baseball World Cup was one of just two sanctioned major world championship events by the International Baseball Federation. As the governing body for bat-and-ball sports, it is the only organisation that can present the title of "World Champion" to any baseball team delegated to represent a nation. Hosted by Panama, the tournament draws 16 participating teams from...
Wireless mesh networks are MPS' standard for wirelessly linking mobile units together When the final seconds of the Super Bowl play clock had ticked away, the Seattle Seahawks emerged victorious, walking away with a 43 - 8 win and the coveted Vince Lombardi Trophy. Their Super Bowl dreams had come true and they could finally breathe a collective sigh of relief. Amidst a sea of sports fans swarming MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, the Seahawks were not the...
Delta’s 2-bollard modules will stop and destroy a 15,000-pound truck traveling 50 miles per hour Vehicle attack is a harsh reality in our modern society and large public gatherings, such as sports events, are considered to be potential terrorist targets. A baseball stadium, its fans and the American pastime are all at risk. In fact, back in March 2005, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified a dozen possible strikes it viewed most devastating, including...
Megapixel Camera Captures 'Photo Finishes' at "Karadjordje" Stadium Track and Field Club in Serbia Decides the Results of Close Races with the Help of Arecont Vision Cameras Customer: Vojvodina track and field club is a 145-year-old athletic club in Novi Sad, Serbia, whose athletes often compete successfully at the international level. The club's stadium was upgraded in 2004 and has hosted two European Cups: a European Junior championship and a Balkan athletic championship. Another upgrade th...
The MOBOTIX solution delivers crystal-clear, high-resolution images and requires very little bandwidth Ice hockey is a popular sport in Ukraine, one which attracts a lot of fans to stadiums to see the players of their favourite teams. And one of these stadiums is the Druzhba Palace of Sports in Donezk, home of the HK Donbass Donezk ice hockey team since 2005. The 2011 Ukrainian champion is aiming to join the ranks the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), where hockey teams from Ru...
UEFA’s Executive Committee chose the joint Polish-Ukrainian bid to host the 2012 European football Championship finals. In anticipation of the event, two of the four Ukrainian stadiums to host the matches were equipped with AEOS security systems. The Olympic Stadium in Kiev was built in 1923 and needed remodelling to bring it up to UEFA’s ‘category four’ standards for stadiums hosting football finals. Such stadiums usually seat thousands of visitors and must meet strict c...
Around 100 Dallmeier cameras are used to oversee the entire stadium area including the stands The Allianz Arena, Munich: no longer merely one of the largest and most attractive football stadiums in Europe, it is now also one of the safest. The video surveillance system in the stadium in the Bavarian state capital has been thoroughly overhauled and converted to Dallmeier technology. At the heart of the system, Panomera multifocal sensor technology is tasked with ensuring order...
ISC’s newly launched Singaporean subsidiary will recruit and train crowd management workforces for the Hub Security and crowd management specialist Integrated Security Consultants Ltd (ISC) has been awarded the contract to secure Singapore’s multi-venue flagship, the Singapore Sports Hub, due to open in April 2014. The Hub, with its motto "where Singapore comes to play", includes the republic’s new 55,000-capacity National Stadium, the existing 13,000-capaci...
ADT’s IP system allows operational staff to deal with incidents at LCFC in an effective and timely matter The King Power Stadium in Leicester is home to the Leicester City Football Club (LCFC). Seating up to 32,262 fans, the LCFC stadium is the 19th largest stadium in England making crowd security absolutely crucial. Since moving to those ground 11 years ago, LCFC has relied on a traditional analogue system, so when it came to exploring an updated solution it turned...
300 doors have been equipped with ASSA dp 4400 high-security cylinders Stadiums with areas that must occasionally be closed to the public pose security problems that require complex solutions. At Helsingborg Arena, ASSA met this challenge by supplying cylinders, lock housings, handles, accessories and automatic doors. Since it opened in November 2012, the arena has become the main venue for indoor sports in Helsingborg in the south of Sweden. It is open to the public from...
The upgraded system includes IR speed dome cameras, 16 channel DVRs and HD LED Plasma monitors Y3K, a recognised key innovator in CCTV surveillance, and a company with one of the widest product ranges in the industry, helps secure Selhurst Park, Crystal Palace football club’s ground in South London. Y3K is a preferred CCTV provider to the local South London club and has recently been involved in a major upgrade of the club’s surveillance system. Paul Singh, managin...
ISC’s permanent security team will continue to provide Wembley with 24/7 integrity and full building security Integrated Security Consultants Ltd (ISC) has been retained as lead provider of security services to Britain’s flagship sporting and cultural venue, Wembley Stadium, for a further five years. The venue’s operator, Wembley National Stadium Limited (WNSL), has renewed ISC’s role following over four years of successful development and investment in...
ASSA ABLOY installed an IKON locking system incorporating 500+ CLIQ cylinders Ratiopharm Arena, a 9,000-seat multi-purpose venue in Neu-Ulm, Germany, has been fitted with security and escape route technology from ASSA ABLOY Sicherheitstechnik, placing it at the cutting edge of security. Built at a cost of approximately EUR 27.5 million, Ratiopharm Arena – which opened on 9 December 2011 – is one of the most modern stadiums in southern Germany. The building’s...
Bosch's hemi-directional loudspeaker used at Olympic site An extensive range of high quality loudspeaker technologies from Bosch Security Systems, including the technically innovative hemi-directional loudspeaker, has been installed at a new £38 million regional sports facility in Basildon, Essex. The recently opened Everyone Active Basildon Sporting Village is both a sporting and leisure facility for the local community and has been named...
Hytera DMR digital communications solution was adopted to facilitate the operation during the EURO 2012 Municipal Stadium Poznan, one of the four venues for the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship in Poland, adopted Hytera DMR digital communications solution to facilitate the operation during the Euro 2012. The Euro 2012 kicked off on June 9, 2012, and three Group C matches were played here. Originally built in 1968, the Municipal Stadium Poznan is the home ground of Lec...
Nedap installed Convexs M80FC readers at 480 access points at Kiev stadium and at 380 access points at Lviv Arena Almost 70,000 spectators watched Spain win the European Football Championship – EURO 2012 – in Kiev’s Olympic Stadium. They enjoyed the match in a fun and safe setting that Nedap Security Management had helped create. Both the brand new Arena in Lviv and the renovated Kiev stadium had been equipped with Nedap’s AEOS security management syste...
ADO Den Haag club cards include an RFID chip for contactless access Every year, thousands of spectators flock to sports matches hosted by the historical Dutch football club ADO Den Haag. With large and lively crowds gathering in the Kyocera Stadium, fit to hold 15,000 people, ADO Den Haag takes the security of its fans seriously. That’s why the club now has a high-tech and intelligent security system capable of verifying the identity of attendees as well as centralising...
Samsung digital video recorders have been installed by Spy Alarms as part of an upgrade of Charlton Athletic Football Club’s CCTV system. Charlton Athletic FC’s CCTV system has a major role to play during match days in order to comply with local authority licensing requirements. The club has to ensure that an effective CCTV system is in operation two hours before, during and one hour after a football match in order to comply with local authority’s li...
Alpro’s overhead transom closers hydraulically control the opening and closing of aluminium doors Exeter Chiefs, one of the UK’s leading rugby clubs, is using transom door closers from Alpro Architectural Hardware at its new 10,000-capacity Sandy Park stadium in Devon. Alpro’s overhead transom closers are a means of hydraulically controlling the opening and closing of aluminium doors and can have light, medium or heavy spring strengths to suit type of usage,...
Genetec's Omnicast improves both security and operational processes Genetec, a pioneer in the physical security industry and a leading provider of world-class unified IP security solutions, is proud to announce that Fulham Football Club, London's oldest first class football club, has installed Genetec's Omnicast video surveillance system in its 22,000-seat stadium. When Fulham recently sought a new video surveillance platform, Nicholas Pendlebury, Head of IT Projects at...
An Avigilon HD surveillance system has enabled SGL Arena to reduce the risk and increased the security Security personnel manage the Avigilon high-definition surveillance system using Avigilon Control Center Enterprise Network Video Management Software (NVMS) with High-Definition Stream Management (HDSM) technology. The arena installed Avigilon 16 MP JPEG2000 high-definition Pro cameras to monitor stands, entrances, and exits, and other common areas. Avigilon high...
SGL Arena installed Avigilon 16 MP JPEG 2000 HD Pro camerasAvigilon, a leader in high-definition (HD) and megapixel video surveillance solutions, announced that the SGL Arena in Augsburg, Germany a 30,660 seat stadium that is home to the FC Augsburg football club has deployed the Avigilon high-definition surveillance system to ensure spectator safety, confirm regulatory compliance, and reduce liability costs. Vulnerable to the threat of football-related violence and disorderly conduct, th...
Challenge Deploy a reliable, flexible, and high-quality surveillance system to create a safe, comfortable, and entertaining spectator experience. Solution Using Avigilon Control Center Enterprise Network Video Management Software (NVMS) with High Definition Stream Management, Rogers Centre monitors every seat of the 50,000 capacity area and the building's perimeter live during events from its command post. Nineteen Avigilon HD Professional 16MP cameras cover the entire seating bowl while a mi...
The KLGCC video surveillance system incorporates Arecont Vision megapixel cameras for better image quality In a lush hilltop setting in an affluent suburb of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1.3 and 3 megapixel video cameras from Arecont Vision provide surveillance at the expansive Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club (KLGCC). The club, which offers a choice of two 18-hole courses, is the site of numerous international championships and hosts more than 100,000 rounds of golf a year...
Panomera proved itself as a valuable surveillance instrument, allowing the police an "all-round" view of the scene Over 60,000 worshippers celebrated mass with the Pope at Berlin's Olympic Stadium. Dallmeier's Panomera multi-sensor system kept a watchful eye on the gathering. Shortly after 6 p.m., Pope Benedict XVI entered the stadium through the marathon gate. Over 60,000 worshippers cheered as the popemobile then made its way through the crowd on the blue track. After signing t...
The TETRA system provided seamless and secure radio communications to the entire linked facilitiesAfter the 2008 Beijing Olympics and Guangzhou 2010 Asian Games, a TETRA network from Cassidian has once again successfully provided stable, reliable and efficient communication services, this time during the 26th Universiade in Shenzhen. The 12-day Games attracted more than 7,800 student athletes from 152 countries and regions across the world to compete in 24 sports categories. Cassidia...
The multi-sensor camera systems deliver an astounding 200+ megapixels in real timeThe Olympic Stadium in Berlin can seat more than 74,000 spectators for football matches, track and field events or concerts. At the venue, the Panomera multi-sensor camera system not only provides a comprehensive overview, but also shows details at great distances in unprecedented resolution.Over 200 megapixels for top detail resolutionPanomera's most convincing feature for the decision-makers at the stadium, the...
The Suns opted for Sepura mainly because of the secure communication it guarantees Launching a completely new professional sports team can be costly, but it is also an opportunity to ensure that the team is equipped with the very latest technology in all spheres. The Gold Coast Suns, a new professional Australian Rules football team, has taken this approach and chosen to use Sepura TETRA radios for all aspects of its operations.The team has just embarked on its inaugural season...
