Major League Baseball team the Minnesota Twins have joined Chelsea FC in installing a new Avigilon high-definition surveillance system.
The HD surveillance solution has been installed at the teams’ stadium Target Field in time for the new season which began for the Twins with their first home game on April 9.
The challenge facing Avigilon was to protect the 3.3 million people who visit the stadium every year with a video surveillance system that integrated access control and delivered up to 65 days of video storage.
Dave Horsman, senior director of ballpark operations for the Minnesota Twins Baseball Club said, “With so much traffic onsite, we need to control building access, ensure that no dangerous materials enter the facility, verify that health and safety standards and guest service expectations are being met, and address fan-related issues quickly to ensure the safety of all guests.”
Security personnel manage the high-definition surveillance solution in the Ballpark Operations Centre and Event Command Centre using the Avigilon Control Centre network video management software (NVMS) with High-Definition Stream Management (HDSM) technology.
Target Field installed a combination of 170 fixed and Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) cameras including HD cameras ranging from 1 MP to 16 MP at all entrances/exits, concourses, gates, back-of-house areas, parking lots, and on the exterior of the building for complete coverage.
The stadium also relies on several Avigilon analogue video encoders to improve the performance of its other surveillance cameras. Target Field has installed eight Avigilon Network Video Recorders (NVRs) to store up to 65 days of continuous surveillance footage and will also take advantage of the Avigilon Control Centre Mobile solution for the first time this baseball season.
Mr Horsman said, “Avigilon provides three times the image resolution, integrates easily with our access control system and IT infrastructure, and delivers up to 65 days of storage capacity while staying within budget, giving us the best possible return on investment.”
To find out more about Avigilon’s installation at Target Field, download the case study here.