"The training of our security staff went quite smoothly. The Evolv team trained us before the students started arriving, and they worked alongside us during the screening process.”

“Right now, we literally have zero queue space. There is no need for it. Guests purchase a ticket and walk right through the dual lanes of the Express system.”

"We want to be world-class off the ice just as the Lightning are on the ice. This means every single person needs to have a great experience and come back to the arena whether the Lightning win or lose. From the time a guest steps foot on our property, we …

“Over the past four or five years, due to the increase in violence in healthcare, we have received a lot of feedback from our doctors and nurses on the need for tighter security screening. In particular, based on the annual Culture Survey that we conduct with our staff, weapons screening …

“We were in the security ingress area when the National Anthem played. Normally with manual screening, we would still have lines of fans trying to get into the park. But when I looked up after the National Anthem was finished, there were no lines. I knew then that we had …

"Evolv empowers us to focus on both our fans’ experience and their security. With the help of Evolv, we’re constantly learning and improving how to give our fans a great ingress experience while keeping them as safe and secure as possible.”

“Guests come to enjoy themselves and entrust us with their safety. We’re also responsible for the safety of our employees.”

“They created long queues and gave us a lot of false positives. Security screening could become a very lengthy process as they detected almost everything that was metal—belt buckles, zippers, keys. It was a very time-consuming process. Guests would become frustrated with the long waits—and it impacted their experience.”

“We wanted the ingress experience for fans to be efficient and for them to have a great time. They should come to a game and not worry about the ingress process at all. We want them to enjoy everything; it’s not simply the ballgame but the entire experience.”

“We have over 18,000 guests on a given day during the summer season. Even with all six security lanes running at full capacity, which was around 250 people each, we could have a significant queue waiting to get into the building. This had a direct impact on guest experience.”

“Would think that we wouldn’t have detected any weapons due to the demographics of our guests, but we found a handgun in an older lady’s purse that night, which really shined the light on our decision. Since that first event, we’ve found some additional handguns and knives.”

"I had experienced Evolv in other venues and knew what it was capable of doing. After we decided to implement them, I counted down the days until we went live. I knew they would transform our guest experience coming into the building.”

"I’ve been waiting years for someone to invent a technology where you can just freely walk through the concealed weapons detector without needing to empty out your pockets and take everything out of your bags as part of the screening process.”

“We have a tight-knit security community in Pittsburgh and frequently share best practices and input."

“That assessment pointed us to the need for a solution that would screen people upon ingress without impeding their entry."