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title: "How to monitor crowd flow with computer vision"
description: "Agree the entry and exit lines, key areas and crowding thresholds with the operations team. Computer vision counts people crossing those lines and present in each area from existing cameras, without identifying anyone and with limited footage retention, and flags areas that pass a threshold or show queues building. Operations staff decide whether to open gates, redirect people or move staff, since nothing is automated at the gate, and after each event the counts are compared with the plan to improve layout and staffing."
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# How can a stadium, arena or event venue use its existing cameras to spot crowding and queues early without identifying anyone?

Agree the entry and exit lines, key areas and crowding thresholds with the operations team. Computer vision counts people crossing those lines and present in each area from existing cameras, without identifying anyone and with limited footage retention, and flags areas that pass a threshold or show queues building. Operations staff decide whether to open gates, redirect people or move staff, since nothing is automated at the gate, and after each event the counts are compared with the plan to improve layout and staffing.

## What this means in practice

- Agree entry lines, key areas and crowding thresholds with operations.
- Count people from existing cameras without identifying anyone.
- Flag areas that pass a threshold or show queues building.
- Keep every gate and staffing decision with operations staff.
- Compare counts with the plan after each event.

## How Lid Vizion approaches it

We start with the business decision and operating context, define ownership and measurable milestones, then use configuration, integrations, automation, or custom software only where each earns its place.

## See it as a workflow

- [Venue occupancy and crowd flow](https://lidvizion.ai/use-cases/venue-occupancy-and-crowd-flow/): Count people entering, leaving and gathering in areas of a venue from existing cameras, without identifying anyone, so staff can open gates, move people and plan staffing.

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