Millenium Dome, "The O2"

London's Millennium Dome has been transformed over the last two-and-a-half years into a music and entertainment venue now called simply 'the O2'. This week silicon.com got a sneak preview of the new-look Dome.
The 23,000-seat arena has been built by AEG and is sponsored by mobile operator O2. The technology infrastructure for the venue was installed by NEC

NEC has implemented a venue-wide RFID-based smartcard system to control staff access that is linked to the venue's time and attendance system. These are two of the terminals on which staff will place their cards.

The first customer extension of this will be an RFID-based loyalty card for corporate box holders. NEC said the technology is also available to create a full customer identity management system that would cover car parking, purchasing and collecting tickets - and allow Minority Report-style interaction with digital signs and adverts at the venue.