Patriot One Technologies Inc is pleased to announce that SAP Center at San Jose, home of the NHL’s San Jose Sharks, has signed an agreement to deploy the Company’s SmartGateway patron screening solution and artificial intelligence (AI)-powered Platform to secure all entrances to the nearly 18,000-seat facility. In addition, Patriot One’s solutions will be deployed to protect all entrances at Tech CU Arena, the new 4,200-seat home of the San Jose Barracuda at Sharks Ice at San Jose.
Patriot One’s Gateway will be utilized at SAP Center events, concerts, and games, including home games for the Bay Area Panthers of the Indoor Football League (IFL), and also at Tech CU Arena during home games for the San Jose Barracuda (American Hockey League). The brand-new Tech CU Arena, which opened earlier this month, is part of a nearly 200,000 square foot expansion of Sharks Ice at San Jose that will make the facility one of the largest in North America.
We are very pleased with this outcome. This has been a relationship and partnership that began in September of last year. The security executives at the SAP center worked with Patriot One through numerous pilots and demonstrations, validating the solution, providing input to the roadmap, and exercising activities on behalf of the NHL to provide best practices and recommendations on optimal security operations, as the NHL worked through numerous considerations to understand the business and technical requirements for deploying next-generation patron screening.
Patriot One will provide both locations with a fast, frictionless and highly-secured entry experience with its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered Smart Gateway solution for events at the venue. As home to multiple teams, it is essential that SAP Center’s screening solution is flexible and gets patrons through security lines quickly and efficiently, while accurately detecting any hidden prohibited items such as guns and knives.
“Partnering with forward-thinking organizations like Sharks Sports & Entertainment makes complete sense – they require next-gen technology to secure their state-of-the-art facilities, which is exactly what Patriot One can provide, along with customization requests to fit their unique security standards and requirements,” said Peter Evans, CEO of Patriot One. “These organizations have a compelling vision for how digital innovation, not only today, but in the future, can enhance and enrich the live entertainment experience for their customers. Working together with them, and the leadership at the NHL throughout the year to define a best-in-class experience, has opened new opportunities for Patriot One. Most importantly, our solution uniquely meets, and has been certified to meet, the DOJ NIJ standard for large and medium weapons, and therefore also the NHL's requirements for prohibited items.
As we continue to engage other NHL teams, and sports organizations, arenas, and stadium, we are pleased to be able to announce this, the first to our shareholders"
Patriot One’s Gateway solution uses AI sensors to unobtrusively detect knives, guns and other prohibited items on patrons as they enter a facility, without them having to divest of personal items. It can accurately distinguish between a weapon and an innocuous item like a smartphone, and then alert security personnel for a secondary screening, if needed. Smart Gateway was purpose-built for stadiums and other high throughput venues for a modern, fast and safe security screening option.
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