Baseball: MLB - Clear agreement to deploy biometric ticketing in the stadiums by 2019

Clear, a US-based biometric solutions firm, is partnering with MLB and Tickets.com to introduce a biometrics-based ticketing system in MLB's "ballparks", starting in 2019, announced the two parties on 12/07/2018. "Clear becomes the Official Biometric Identity and Ticketing Partner of Major League Baseball.Clear’s platform is currently used by nine MLB Clubs."

"The partnership will ultimately allowing millions of fans to use biometrics to enter ballparks, eliminating the need to present a paper or mobile ticket. With Clear, you are your ticket. Clear members who link their Clear profile with their MLB.com account to gain entry with just the tap of a finger or, in the near future, facial recognition technology," explained MLB, who will deploy this solution in test in some stadiums in 2018, before a wider deployment in "Clear and Tickets.com-enabled ballparks beginning in 2019".

Tickets.com, a ticketing technology company wholly owned by MLB, is a partner of 23 MLB franchises. Priority queues dedicated to Clear members are deployed at MLB All-Star Week at the Nationals Park in…