Fan Pass Application in European football stadiums

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In todays sport event ticketing, soccer is leading the way. A growing number of football clubs in Europe have already implemented NFC and smart card solutions for access to their stadiums.
In the 2007 football season it is expected that a majority of European football clubs and most FIFA sponsored events will include Near Field Communication technology.
 NFC ticketing, sales and marketing for all access points, including security checkpoints. I think that this is being because of Philips is an official sponsor with FIFA events through 2010.

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Reported Aug. 25th by Tash Shifrin
Manchester City Football Club is to trial new mobile phone technology giving fans access to their stadium and pay for goods at club retailers.

The Near Field Communication (NFC) technology trial, to be run by electronics giant Philips, will see around 100 Manchester City’s season ticket holders using NFC-enabled Nokia handsets...

http://www.computerweekly.com/Feeds/RSS/Articles/2006/08/25/218037/Football+fans+to+pay+by+phone.htm

We are seeing NFC going into action now... Pretty soon I can see credit cards slowly fading  away as consumers use their smartphone handsets and smartphones as their preferred metthod of payment transactions.

How many people do you see carrying 5-6 credit cards are even more. When its lost or stolen you have to report & contact every single one of those banks. Get your mobile device stolen and all those services are blocked. NFC enabled devices definately have an advantage to an overstuffed wallet or purse.