To support events of this scale, the organization standardized on Security Center to unify video surveillance, access control, automatic license plate recognition (ALPR) and other physical security systems in the 3.1 million-square-foot venue and across the 300-acre Hollywood Park development. Operators manage more than 3,000 cameras, 700 readers and numerous other systems and sensors from three security control rooms, helping teams maintain situational awareness while streamlining day-to-day operations.

“Genetec Security Center has improved our response time efficiency by giving us all the information we need in one platform. We’re able to understand what’s happening and make decisions quickly,” said Nick Bermensolo, vice president of security and safety, SoFi Stadium and Hollywood Park.

Since deploying Security Center, the SoFi Stadium IT team has a reliable, scalable and cybersecure platform that runs on an isolated network and connects back to centralized servers. During big events, they support security operations by monitoring system performance from the Network Operations Center, ensuring everything is working as it should. The security team can easily handle daily tasks, while IT keeps systems running smoothly on the backend.

“The Genetec team doesn’t just understand physical security systems, but IT systems too. With their help, we’ve been able to deploy a reliable and high-performing security platform at scale,” said Paul Maldonado, vice president of IT infrastructure and operations, SoFi Stadium and Hollywood Park.

Looking ahead, both teams are focused on getting more value out of Security Center, exploring AI-based tools and more automation.

“Genetec has really helped us establish a technology standard,” Maldonado said. “Security Center is reliable and cybersecure, integrates well with our network, and reduces overhead for both IT and security. That’s the type of technology we want to continue implementing across our business.”