People on the move: Veeps, Wicket and more

We round up the latest movements from the ticketing sector and associated industries… Veeps, the Live Nation-owned streaming platform has named Eileen Mercolino as its first chief marketing officer. Mercolino worked most recently at SPIN, where she served as CMO and has held a number of senior marketing and partnership roles at leading entertainment brands …

New York Mets’ Citi Field utilises Facial Authentication

Major League Baseball’s New York Mets and software company Wicket have partnered to bring Facial Authentication to Citi Field, the team’s home stadium. The deployment will begin facial access control for staff and vendors. A successful pilot was run during the second half of the 2021 season, and the Mets will now introduce more facial …