Thrilled to continue our work in Golf and launch our partnership with the iconic PGA. The PGA Championship marked another massive event in Louisville for Fortress, clocking in over 190,000 (!) scans for fan tickets as well as player, staff and media credentials. Our PDAs scanned fans through a primary gate and 14 secondary club and hospitality locations for seven straight days.

What an exciting achievement it is to have the 150th Kentucky Derby in the books! Over 200 combined primary and secondary checkpoints, new Fortress custom-made kiosks with ticket scanning pedestals built in, more than 60 color-coded wristbands AND a crowd of 156,710 at the newly renovated Churchill Downs… Thankful for this partnership.

Churchill Downs emphasizing quality over quantity at Kentucky Derby 150

Read the full story from Sports Business Journal on the 150th Kentucky Derby here.

A sold out crowd at a historic opener: CPKC Stadium – The first stadium built solely for pro women’s sports. It was a successful launch with our first NWSL client, the KC Current. Our products provided smooth access control to this brand new stadium and its suites. So proud to be part of this team and stadium’s journey!

To all the incredible women off and on the field, we see you and celebrate your hard work, strength and achievements.

It was exciting to work with the NFL on the first ever Las Vegas Super Bowl. This year we continued to manage access control for all staff, media and security entering the stadium and field via over 100 of the newest Fortress Pedestal Scanners, which were built specially for Super Bowl LVIII. We also utilized biometric authentication again for fast identification with over 80,000 scans registered. Last but not least, a massive congratulations to our client the Kansas City Chiefs on their fourth Super Bowl win!

Wishing good luck to our NFL clients the Baltimore Ravens, Green Bay Packers and Kansas City Chiefs in this weekend’s Divisional Round and the road to the 2024 Super Bowl! Pictured: Moments before the Chiefs Wild Card Game at Arrowhead Stadium (The fourth coldest NFL game in history).