From the Olympics and the Super Bowl to Lollapalooza, the Iowa Cubs to the luxury clubs at the new Meadowlands Stadium, today’s system integrators see business value in the niche of entertainment, stadium and arena venues.
Fire-Lite Alarms by Honeywell, Northford, Conn., hit a homerun for the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, the Toronto Blue Jays’ Double-A affiliate team, through the replacement of its stadium’s old, damaged fire system with a new Fire-Lite Alarms addressable fire system offering more robust surge protection.
Avigilon, Vancouver, a provider of 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 — 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, the SGL Arena deployed system as a strategic component of its security plan.
