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Stadium/Arena

Stadium/Arena Crowd Monitoring

LinkerVision turns a venue's existing camera network into a 24/7 VLM-based crowd-monitoring system. On live feeds it counts people across entrances, concourses, and sections in real time to monitor crowd levels and flow, tracks live occupancy against limits per zone or section and alerts when areas approach capacity, and measures queue length and wait times at gates, concessions, and restrooms so staff can rebalance.

VLM output

At night, spectators leave a mostly empty football stadium, walking down a staircase and along a wet concourse past metal railings and barriers while the floodlit pitch and near-empty light blue seating stands remain visible. Over the four frames the flow of departing fans steadily thins, with small groups of a few people descending the stairs and a looser stream continuing along the covered walkway on the right.

  • Crowd DensityLow
  • Estimated Person Count20-30
  • Crowd Flow DirectionOutbound
  • Congestion Or BottleneckNo
  • Stands OccupancyNear Empty
  • Crowding At Stairs Or ExitNo
  • Abnormal Behavior Or AltercationNo
  • Lighting ConditionNight/Floodlit
  • Wet Or Slippery SurfaceYes

Customer challenges

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Operators lack live, accurate data on crowd distribution and movement during events; overcrowded sections and concourses are a crush risk, and manual monitoring can't keep up at peak; and long queues at entry and concessions frustrate fans while creating bottlenecks and safety issues.

Customer benefits

Improved crowd safety, smoother visitor flow, reduced congestion, and better staffing and operational decisions.

Key features

Real-Time Person Counting

Counts people in the venue in real time.

Occupancy & Overcapacity Alerts

Alerts when occupancy approaches or exceeds capacity.

Queue Analysis

Analyzes queue length and waiting time at entrances and concessions.

Before & after

Before Crowd levels, congestion, and queues are estimated through ticketing, patrols, and manual observation, making problems difficult to identify early. After — with Linker AI Nexa Live crowd counts, occupancy, and queue conditions are continuously monitored so teams can redirect people and resources before bottlenecks become critical.