Americans Hesitant to Attend Large Scale Sporting Events, Study Finds
More than one in five (22 percent) of Americans say they have cancelled plans or considered cancelling plans to attend large scale public events due to concerns about physical attacks and the safety of their data, according to the new 2019 Unisys Security Index.
The survey also found that a high majority (83 percent) of Americans are concerned about a criminal attack causing physical harm at large scale events such as sporting events or concert festivals — with half of respondents (50 percent) registering serious concern (extremely or very concerned) about physical attacks. Asked about data safety at such events, 81 percent of respondents reported some level of concern about someone stealing their personal data when using public Wi-Fi at such events, with 52 percent extremely or very concerned. In addition, 78 percent are concerned about someone stealing their credit card data when using public Wi-Fi at such events — with 52 percent extremely or very concerned.