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PDF with a unique bar code. The code is then
scanned at the stadium gate. Some teams are
able to scan from a smart phone, eliminating
even the paper ticket.
In 2014, the Los Angeles Dodgers took the
final step in this process. The team announced
that it would no longer print and mail tick-
ets to season-ticket holders. Instead, all such
sales and deliveries would be electronic. Some
longtime fans grumbled that they would miss
the souvenir-ready cardboard. Other teams
said that they would watch the experiment
and see how it went.
This soccer sta-
dium in Warsaw,
Poland, even does
away with human
ticket takers. Fans
just scan their
tickets to open the
moving gates.