Phoenix Stadium shields its security with two hundred new Avigilon IP cameras for Super Bowl XLIX

Two hundred new network video surveillance cameras from manufacturer Avigilon have been installed at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Arizona, Super Bowl XLIX headquarters, America's biggest sporting event, celebrated in the past 1 de febrero y que enfrentó a los Patriots y los Seahawks, with victory from the former, so that everything would happen with maximum security.

The University of Phoenix Stadium (Uop, in Glendale, Arizona) was prepared for weeks to ensure the safety of the thousands of fans that the past 1 February attended Super Bowl XLIX to watch the final game of the season 2014 NFL, where the New England Patriots (American Conference champions) and the Seattle Seahawks (National Conference champions) you saw the faces on the pitch, whose trophy took the first.

Super Bowl XLIX, which celebrated its 49th edition of the football league, is one of the largest sporting events in the United States and the most watched in the world by millions of viewers (beating in this edition of new records, With 114 millions of people through CNN channel) , so their prior and operational preparation during the meeting will be prepared months before.

In this sense and to ensure the maximum safety of spectators and players, two hundred new high-tech network video surveillance cameras have been deployed inside and outside the stadium, arizona Sports managers & Tourism Authority, stadium owners, have hired the manufacturer Avigilon for an amount of 910.000 Dollars (more than 804.000 Euros), along with other security teams, all of them installed by the integrator Climatec.

Specifically,, most HD Pro cameras 16 megapixels are located in the retractable dome of the stadium, because they allow high image clarity and visual detail capability thanks to its powerful zoom. Avigilon HD PTZ cameras are also used 2 megapixels for additional coverage, while the new bullet-type HD equipment 5 megapixels have been installed on the outside, to monitor the entrance to the stadium.

These new devices incorporate the powerful Avigilon Control Center control software (Acc), which allows control center security technicians to operate all cameras and search quickly through stadium areas. In addition, the deployment of the access control management system (Acm) of this provider at the entry/exit points of the entire facility, with facial identification technology optimized for maximum control and security.

As UOP manager says, Peter Sullivan, "we selected Avigilon for its high-quality imaging and definition systems, that allow us to take detailed shots of both the stands occupied by fans and other areas of the stadium, with an end-to-end solution that meets our security needs and is easy to use".

World show

The Super Bowl celebration is a not only sporting spectacle, but entertainment and global projection for artists who dream of being the protagonists who love the average time of the meeting, where details and surprises are always kept.

The ones chosen for the 49th edition are the Californian singer Katy Perry has been chosen for the musical show, who will be accompanied by the no less iconic Lenny Kravitz.

Also held ex professed for this sporting meeting, Stadium screens will broadcast a fun video of Los Minions, where these yellow creatures known around the world will take the stadium bleachers like real Super Bowl fans, but without taking sides by any of the opponents.

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