FEATURE — VENUE SAFETY & SECURITY
AVIGILON
“Today’s stadium managers are facing increasing pres-&SAFE&
sure to ensure patron safety while delivering an excit-SECUREII
ing entertainment experience,” noted Dave Tynan, Vice
President of Global Sales & Marketing for Vancouver,
Ashley added: “We are working closely within the BC-based Avigilon. “We joined last September as a
Consortium for the Centre of Excellence for Stewarding founding partner of the MS-based National Center for
and Events in London. The Consortium was granted Spectator Sports Safety & Security (NCS4). Our com-
Centre of Excellence status through the National Skills plete HD Surveillance System is featured in many
Academy under the Sector Skills Council Skillactive. This venues around the world, including Wrigley Field,
includes such world-renowned venues as Wembley Sta- home of the MLB Chicago Cubs, and Target Field, new
dium and RFU Twickenham, with training being deliv- home of the MLB Minnesota Twins opening this April.
ered by Akona, Integer and in-house. We’ve worked To address potential security challenges, Australia’s
with Chelsea Football Club (CFC) for three seasons to Canberra Stadium upgraded to the Avigilon HD Sur-
deliver the Level 2 Certificate in Event and Match day veillance System to reduce the number of crowd out-
Stewarding and more recently, the Level 2 Award in bursts, improve public safety, and secure cash handling
Understanding Stewarding and Spectator Event qualifi- procedures.”
cations. Feedback from the more than 250 course “To stem the growing security risk, we upgraded
attendees has been very high with particular reference from an old analogue system to Avigilon’s perfor-
to the calibre of our trainers, who each have extensive mance-driven HD system to monitor all venue entrance
practical knowledge of the industry. Additionally, at and exit points,” commented James Kiwi, Events &
Wembley Stadium we have been working to deliver a Operations Manager for the Territory Venues & Events
wide range of courses including security, hospitality and Enterprises Services Division of the Australian Depart-
customer service programmes. The courses have been ment of Territory & Municipal Services.
developed in partnership with The Football Association “Canberra Stadium installed Avigilon cameras rang-
(The FA), The Football League, The FA Premier League, ing from four to sixteen megapixels, running 365 days
The Football Safety Officers Association, and in consul- a year, 24 hours a day. The cameras are located at all of
tation with the Football Licensing Authority.” the venue’s entrances to monitor patrons and vehicles,
with one 16MP camera inside the venue to monitor
the tunnel where players and referees enter and exit
the field.”Australia’s Canberra Stadium
Kiwi manages the system using Avigilon Controlupgraded to Avigilon’s
complete HD Center software with HD Stream Management and
Surveillance stores thirty days of continuous footage using an Avig-
system to monitor ilon Network Video Recorder.
all entrances
Kiwi confirmed: “We’ve achieved significant cost-including player
tunnel to field at savings with the Avigilon System. We require 10-15%
significant cost less personnel to monitor protected areas, an annual
savings.
savings of about $22,500, and also saved on installa-IMAGE: AVIGILON/ CANBERRA STADIUM
tion cost. It would require as many as 50 analogue
cameras to achieve the same performance and func-
tionality as one Avigilon 16MP camera, resulting in an
added savings of $20,000 to $40,000. With Avigilon in
place, we can provide a safe and enjoyable entertain-
ment experience for all our patrons.”
G4S EVENTS
Mark Hamilton, Managing Director of G4S Events —
one of Europe’s leading independent event security
companies — commented: “Over the last few years,
UK venues and in particular outdoor events have start-
ed to bear more of the policing costs as statutory
authorities seek to minimise the impact of events on
their area. We’ve played a significant role in helping ➲
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