Rose Bowl Stadium
The Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California stands out as one of the earlier facial recognition adopters. The stadium’s Chief Operating Officer told Pasadena Now that the facility began using facial recognition at metal detectors around 2017 to keep tabs on VIPs, credentialed personnel, or even a potentially dangerous stalker.
“If we have an artist or an athlete or an event and they say, I have some stalkers, and I have some restraining orders on some individuals that are very highly likely going to be attending the event and potentially create a concerning situation, we upload those individuals photos if we have a photo of them in our software, and then our cameras communicate to us, if, and or when that individual passes by one of our cameras,” George Cunningham, the stadium Chief Operating Officer said in an interview with Pasadena Now.
