It should take a little longer to enter Chicago Cubs games at Wrigley Field this season, as the team is adding metal detectors to the entry gates. (more…)
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Bypassing lines at MLB ballparks
We expect to see more MLB teams adopt this technology, as Yankee Stadium becomes the third Major League Baseball ballpark to allow fans to bypass entry lines after signing up for a biometrics scan. (more…)
New MLB security measures: Impacting the fan experience?
There were some collective groans when MLB announced teams would be installing metal detectors at ballparks over the next two seasons, but so far the impact seems to be minimal. We’ve experienced metal detectors several times this season, most recently at Tuesday’s MLB All-Star Game at Target Field. Like most attendees, we hit the ballpark […]
MLB to screen fans entering games next season
Major League Baseball teams will screen all fans attending games next season, more than likely in the form of full-body metals detectors, according to MLB’s head of security. The commissioner’s office is issuing guidelines for increased security at regular-season games next season, and they’re expected to to finalized before the Winter Meetings in two weeks. […]
MLB to review security procedures at ballparks
Though the recent bombings at the Boston Marathon aren’t a factor in calling the gathering, MLB officials will meet this week to address possible changes in ballpark security procedures. The meeting has been scheduled for weeks, but it will receive some extra attention after three were killed and dozens injured when two bombs were planted […]
Stow beating suspect in custody
A suspect in the beating of San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow at Dodger Stadium was apprehended by the Los Angeles Police Department, as a Los Angeles Police Department SWAT team raided an East Hollywood apartment early this morning. The suspect, sporting a bald head and tattoos on his neck and arms, was taken into […]
Stow out of coma; will be moved closer to home
Bryan Stow, the San Francisco Giants fan assaulted in the Dodger Stadium parking lot after the season opener, is now out of a coma and is able to minimally respond with eye and limb movements; he’s being moved to a San Francisco hospital tomorrow. Stow was beaten by two Los Angeles Dodgers fans after the […]
Doctors once again try to bring Stow out of coma
Doctors are once again working to bring San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow, beaten in the Dodger Stadium parking lot after the team’s season opener, out of a medically induced coma. The coma was induced to allow his damaged brain time to heal. Stow was beaten by two assailants after the Giants/Dodgers game on March […]
No arrests at Dodger Stadium with new security system in place
The increased police presence at Dodger Stadium last night certainly paid off when it came to public perception of the proceedings: There were no arrests made during the Dodgers–Cardinals game, a clear contrast to the opening series when a Giants fan was severely beaten in the parking lot. It sounds like the new approach to […]
Dodgers scrap half-price drink promotion
In the wake of a nasty beating of a San Francisco Giants fan in the Dodger Stadium parking lot on March 31, the Los Angeles Dodgers are scrapping a half-price drink promotion slated for midweek day games and preparing for increased security at tonight’s game. The six-game promotion that runs throughout the season will continue […]
All quiet at AT&T Park last night
It was a normal AT&T Park night, with no major fights or public incidents, as the San Francisco Giants hosted the Los Angeles Dodgers for the first time since Giants fan Bryan Stow was beaten March 31 at Dodger Stadium. Giants officials implemented security measures at AT&T Park on the par for a World Series […]
Security tight tonight at AT&T Park for Dodgers-Giants tilt
Security for tonight’s Los Angeles-San Francisco game at AT&T Park will be played with extra security both within and outside the ballpark, as the Giants front office brings in World Series-level measures to prevent any retaliatory moves from fans in the wake of last month’s Dodger Stadium beating. Giants fan Bryan Stow was beaten in […]