{"id":1230,"date":"2016-01-14T15:59:57","date_gmt":"2016-01-14T20:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.radianse.com\/?p=1230"},"modified":"2022-08-27T12:15:08","modified_gmt":"2022-08-27T12:15:08","slug":"thedeathofconcerttickets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.hierarchy.agency\/radianse\/thedeathofconcerttickets\/","title":{"rendered":"The Death of Concert Tickets"},"content":{"rendered":"

What if the next time you went to a concert or similar event, \u00a0you didn’t have to bother with printing or picking up a ticket, \u00a0didn’t have to worry about losing the ticket once you entered the event, \u00a0and didn’t have to worry about carrying cash or credit cards with you to pay for concessions? \u00a0Thanks to the event management platform Eventbrite<\/a>, such a system is closer than you may think. \u00a0Last October, \u00a0“the company announced a new option for people planning events through [them]: RFID bracelets<\/a>.” \u00a0Using RFID bracelets instead of traditional paper tickets allows concert goers to simply put on their bracelet and go.<\/p>\n

There wouldn’t be an issue with someone’s phone dying and not being able to present an electronic ticket or losing a paper one. \u00a0Paying for items such as food or T-shirts would be incredibly easy. \u00a0Customers wouldn’t need to bother with credit cards (if they would even be taken at such an event) or cash. \u00a0It may seem like a small advantage, \u00a0but not having to pay with cash would end up saving a lot of time; \u00a0there would be not need to make change. \u00a0Making change for one person only takes a few moments, \u00a0but do that for an entire line of people and the time starts to add up. \u00a0Using RFID bracelets in place of tickets also allows the venue and\/or event planning platform to track the flow of people through an event, \u00a0meaning they can better plan layouts in the future (such as where to put a portable toilets and concession stands).<\/p>\n

Really, \u00a0the idea in itself is great and the only down side is that customers can’t print a bracelet at home like they would a paper ticket. \u00a0However, \u00a0bracelets can be picked up at the venue or received in the mail, \u00a0so the process is still incredibly easy. \u00a0What I wonder, \u00a0though, \u00a0is how much would something like this cost? \u00a0Tracking such an event \u00a0would include the cost of the RFID tags themselves as well as receivers, \u00a0at least. \u00a0It may not be extremely expensive, \u00a0but it is more than compared to paper tickets. \u00a0True, \u00a0it allows events to track during the concert itself and not simply act as a check point for goers to enter. \u00a0But I wonder if someone planning an event would really see it as that much more of a benefit to pay the extra price. \u00a0Perhaps after a few events using RFID wristbands in place of tickets, \u00a0a clearer answer will emerge.<\/p>\n

Personally, \u00a0I think the idea is great and would much prefer to wear a tagged bracelet over having to keep track of a paper ticket. \u00a0I’m one who always thinks of “what if’s”, \u00a0and a big stress factor for me at concerts is what if, \u00a0for some reason, \u00a0I have to leave and then come back in. \u00a0And if I have a paper ticket, \u00a0what if I lose it? \u00a0Or what if I have an electronic copy on my phone and the battery dies? \u00a0With a bracelet, \u00a0as long as I don’t cut it off I’ll be good. \u00a0Being able to pay with my RFID bracelet also really entices me. \u00a0I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been at an event, \u00a0waiting in line to buy a drink and it seems to take hours. \u00a0When I finally get close enough to the front of the line to see what’s causing the hold up, \u00a0it almost always is someone trying to pay with a card that the venue doesn’t accept and they’re fishing around in their pockets to find cash, \u00a0or someone who has gotten to the front of the line and doesn’t have enough cash to pay, \u00a0or someone asking for all of their change in ones and quarters. \u00a0But with a wristband it’s an easy scan and done!<\/p>\n

The idea is clever and technology flawless. \u00a0The real question is whether or not event planners will see the benefit of paying a little bit extra, \u00a0and the answer won’t come until a few are brave enough to try.<\/p>\n

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(1) Fast \u00a0Company<\/strong> |\u00a0http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/3052287\/tech-forecast\/are-these-rfid-wristbands-the-death-of-the-concert-ticket<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What if the next time you went to a concert or similar event, \u00a0you didn’t have to bother with printing or picking up a ticket, \u00a0didn’t have to worry about losing the ticket once you entered the event, \u00a0and didn’t have to worry about carrying cash or credit cards with you to pay for concessions? […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20385,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.hierarchy.agency\/radianse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.hierarchy.agency\/radianse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.hierarchy.agency\/radianse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.hierarchy.agency\/radianse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.hierarchy.agency\/radianse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dev.hierarchy.agency\/radianse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.hierarchy.agency\/radianse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.hierarchy.agency\/radianse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.hierarchy.agency\/radianse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.hierarchy.agency\/radianse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}