September 28, 2006

More Sports Stadiums Accepting Contactless Payments

Several sports have been implementing RFID in innovative ways in the past couple of years. The list at least includes golf, NASCAR car racing and soccer, whose World Cup had the largest sports implementation of radio frequency technology.

It's not just sports but sports stadiums who are getting in on RFID use. According to Contactless News, a dozen baseball stadiums are accepting MasterCard's PayPass contacless RFID smartcard, which was originally being used only at select gas stations and McDonald's restaurants in the US. Recently, New York Giants football stadium gave away free Paypass wristbands loaded with $25 credit.

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