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MLB Uses Tech to Shorten Food Lines While Game Time Shrinks

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Major League Baseball updated its rulebook in 2023 to increase the pace of action on the field.

But the changes put concessionaires on the clock, too.

Ballparks were prepared for the new status quo, because they’d already undergone a revolution.

The Pittsburgh Pirates called up computer vision technology from Mashgin to facilitate speedier self-checkouts.

“Our fans really equate a baseball game with the food and beverage experience,” Braves SVP for operations Hannah Basinger said. “And doing so in such an automated fashion—I don’t think it’s for everyone.” The goal then, is not too dissimilar from what the architects of baseball’s modern rules had in mind: The same beloved ball game, just a little bit snappier..

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