The Denver Broncos are the first NFL team to join with crowd-monitoring startup WaitTime. Near the gates at Empower Field at Mile High, WaitTime’s computer vision cameras have been deployed, and the data will aid the team’s stadium operations decisions on area capacity and crowd management.
WaitTime uses the Cisco Meraki network, Intel Xeon Scalable CPUs, and its own artificial intelligence algorithms to power its cameras. Security teams may utilize the dashboard to see how many individuals are in a certain area and whether they are passing through or waiting in line, among other things. Last season, the Broncos deployed WaitTime at a few gates and hope to expand to additional gates next season, just before newly acquired quarterback Russell Wilson makes his debut in Denver.
“Early WaitTime data is indicating that at gates where we have newer scanning devices and metal detectors, wait times to get into the game are shorter,” Russ Trainor, the Broncos SVP of information technology, said in a statement
WaitTime’s other partners include the Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies, Buffalo Sabres, and Miami Heat. The Heat use WaitTime’s fan-facing technology to display average wait times for bathrooms and concession stands throughout the concourses at FTX Arena, according to Sports Business Journal.
