Lollapalooza is no small affair with more than 160,000 fans and hosts some of the biggest names in music. Ticketing and payments have also gone high-tech. Attendees don NFC wristbands that eliminate the need to carry cash, tickets or payment cards, simplifying purchasing and securing the festival for attendees and vendors alike.

The crack of the bat, the pop of the ball and the roar of the crowd signal opening day for Major League Baseball teams across the country. Over the years walking through the turnstile on game day was preceded first by the tearing of tickets and more recently by the scanning of bar codes. This […]

Snowbombing, a winter sports and music festival held in Mayrhofen, Austria, recently held its annual event where for the first time it feature an integrated RFID-based payment, access and social media system. All Arctic Disco ticketholders were issued with a Barclaycard PayBand, an RFID wristband pre-loaded with 20 euros, redeemable at any one of the […]

Walt Disney World is set to roll out the first installments of its enhanced guest experience, issuing RFID passes to park goers participating in the its Annual Pass program. According to touringplans.com, starting on March 20, guests who purchase or renew their park Annual Passes will be issued one with RFID technology embedded, as opposed […]

Drents Museum, based in Assen, in the Netherlands has implemented an RFID system from Motorola Solutions designed to keep track of visitors during their visit and give them detailed personalized information to boost visitor experience. For this project, the museum brought in Motorola partner Ferm RFID Solutions to install a passive RFID network comprising Motorola […]

After a successful pilot last year, the Washington Nationals baseball team is incorporating smart cards to create a new type of fan experience for season ticket holders, reports the Washington Post. Season ticket holders will receive an “Ultimate Ballpark Access” smart card that will hold the fan’s ticket information. Smart card holders will use the […]

Identive Group, a provider of solutions and services for the identification, security and RFID industries, is scheduling shipment of 9.5 million SmartCore card cores to address more than 25 design wins with contactless smart card manufacturers worldwide, new customer orders and partner demand. Identive’s SmartCore card cores serve as the heart of contactless smart cards, […]

ABI Research forecasts 2.1 billion contactless credentials – a combination of smart cards and limited use RFID solutions – will ship into the transportation and ticketing market in 2018, just more than double that achieved in 2012. In 2012, MiFare solutions accounted for more than 80% of all contactless ticketing credentials deployed. While ABI Research […]

Precision Dynamics Corporation, provider of automatic wristband identification, and Intellitix, supplier of RFID solutions for live events, will showcase their RFID solutions, designed to enhance guest experiences, at the Event Live Expo 2013. Precision Dynamics will demonstrate its Smart Band RFID wristbands with Intellitix’ systems that offer secure access control, social media integration and photo-sharing […]

Walt Disney World theme parks are set to introduce a new interactive vacation management system incorporating wristbands with encoded RFID technology, according to The New York Times. MagicBand will serve as resort hotel room key, park ticket, FastPass and credit card used to pay for various food items and souvenirs. The RFID bracelets can also […]