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Actually it sounds very European to me - banning known hooligans from soccer stadiums?

https://www.wired.com/story/soccer-world-cup-biometric-surve...

https://www.theverge.com/2017/4/26/15435620/champions-league...

they are banning them because they have already caused trouble in similar situation. This is very different, she is being banned even though there is no indication that she would be security threat.

You don't need any facial recognition for that, just get their ID to check if they are not banned while selling them tickets.

Seems pretty weird to require IDs for a simple ticket to a show.

We're talking about football games, not a show in this subthread.

They're all the same to me. Entertainment.

Not really, risk profile is totally different between football game and opera.

Anecdotal but having visited a few countries that have national IDs, they use them with just about anything worth having. Tickets, SIM cards, Service Agreements, you name it.

I live in Uruguay and you need to use your ID very often when doing commercial stuff.

Tickets are transferable. Not-banned persons can give them to banned persons.

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