People Management in Entertainment and Other Large Venues
An important part of managing a sports, entertainment, church or mosque,
public transportation system or theme park venue is people management; that
is, managing large volumes of people in and around the building to ensure that
they enjoy/use the venue and do so safely.
The people-counting system can be used to properly queue customers for
access to rides, detect potentially dangerous situations, validate door entry
numbers and optimize the placement of retail and food spaces within the
venue. Occupancy levels in large buildings must be monitored so that alarms
are issued when building capacity is exceeded. Passenger counts on public
transportation systems are used to maintain and enhance efficient and respon-
sive route planning.
Counting people entering and exiting a building or facility consists of very
basic data that every facility manager, property manager and owner should
have. Installing a system is not difficult or expensive and the data generated
are easily understandable and can be used in many ways. Such data provide
key components to optimize operational planning and analyze business trends.
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