Technology and tech culture are taking a permanent spot in the lineup at T-Mobile Park this season. The Seattle Mariners have added three more food and beverage stores with Amazon’s “Just Walk Out” cashierless technology at the baseball stadium — and another food location is named with just emojis. The three “Walk-Off Markets,” which will be operational on Opening Day this Thursday, join another that debuted last season. T-Mobile Park is the leading ballpark in the country when it comes to this style of concession service. The new Market locations are in sections 141, 185 and 341. The flagship Market is… Read More
The Seattle Mariners and their fans would certainly be happy to have a few more walk-off wins this season. Perhaps a new “Walk-Off Market,” complete with Amazon’s cashierless technology, will satisfy their appetites for now. The new food and beverage store at T-Mobile Park debuted on Monday night, bringing Amazon’s Just Walk Out tech to another sports venue in the city and presenting customers with the chance to skip long concession stand lines and return to their seats quickly. On a night when the struggling Mariners drew just over 14,000 fans for a game against the Oakland A’s, the Walk-Off… Read More
Fans eager to return to their seats faster after a beer run at Seattle’s T-Mobile Park will get some help from Amazon technology this summer. The Seattle Mariners and hospitality partner Sodexo Live! announced Wednesday that they will be using Amazon’s “Just Walk Out” cashierless tech and Amazon One palm-scanning tech at the team’s home ballpark in a new “Walk-Off Market.” It’s the first time both retail technologies will be utilized in a Major League Baseball ballpark. The Houston Astros will be using Just Walk Out in two stores at Minute Maid Park. Walk-Off Market is slated to open sometime this… Read More
A major new player on the sports television landscape could be an MVP for fans of teams in the Pacific Northwest thanks to a deal announced Thursday. fuboTV, a growing live-TV streaming platform with a heavy emphasis on sports, has reached an agreement to stream ROOT Sports, the home of regional game telecasts for the Seattle Mariners, Seattle Kraken and Portland Trail Blazers. The deal will include ROOT’s coverage of more than 300 live regular season games of those teams and gives cable TV cord cutters a way to keep up with the teams and related coverage, especially as the… Read More
OK, it’s not a World Series ring, but the Seattle Mariners are taking strides to improve performance through technology by adding a new piece of equipment to their arsenal. The team is the first in Major League Baseball to partner with Oura Health and use the company’s smart Oura Rings to help players and staff get personalized insights on sleep and overall health. The rings provide biometric data on sleep, activity and recovery habits by measuring key physiological signals such as temperature, heart rate, heart rate variability and respiratory rate. The data, delivered through the Oura app, feeds into a… Read More