Basket Hall sports complex, Kazan

Basket Hall is an indoor multifunctional sports arena in Kazan and Russia’s first purpose-built basketball palace. The complex is the home court of UNICS Professional Basketball Club and was one of the key venues of the 27th Summer Universiade in 2013. The main arena accommodates 7,500 spectators, while the smaller arena seats 1,500. In addition to basketball games, the venue hosts concerts, seminars, and other public events.

UNICS required a ticketing system that would support ticket and season pass sales through box offices and online channels, while providing effective management of reservations, quotas, and group bookings.

Infomatika was responsible for the following tasks:

• Automate ticket and season pass sales for UNICS basketball games.
• Provide tools for managing individual sales, reservations, quotas, and group bookings.
• Organize online ticket and season pass sales through a store on the club’s website.
• Organize spectator access control for sporting events.
• Equip staff with mobile ticket validation terminals and set up automated cashier workstations.

In 2016, Infomatika implemented the LENTA ticketing and access control system, combining ticket and season pass sales, ticket inventory management, and spectator access control. The project included the development and launch of UNICS’s online ticket store and the deployment of mobile access control terminals for ticket validation at entrances.

Key Project Components

• LENTA Ticketing and Access Control System. Automates ticket and season pass sales, manages reservations, quotas, and group bookings, and controls spectator access.
• U2013 Mobile Terminals. Used by access control staff to validate tickets as spectators enter the arena.
• UNICS Online Ticket Store. Enables online sales of tickets and season passes for the basketball club’s games.

System Management Infrastructure

Two automated cashier workstations were set up to support ticketing services

Scope of Supply:

• Implementation of the LENTA ticketing and access control system.
• Supply of U2013 mobile access control terminals — 8 units.
• Setup of automated cashier workstations — 2 units.
• Development and launch of an online ticket and season pass store on UNICS Professional Basketball Club’s website.

Project Expansion in 2023

In 2023, Infomatika upgraded the complex’s spectator access control infrastructure by implementing SEACS LENTA, based on Horizon waist-height smart turnstiles.

The system combined software and equipment for automated ticket validation, spectator passage control, and turnstile status monitoring. It supports multiple identification technologies, including NFC/RFID and 1D/2D barcodes, and allows integration with external ticketing and information systems.

The upgrade included Horizon smart turnstiles and entrance barriers. A Lenta-TSD mobile ticket validation terminal and server equipment were also supplied, and a Wi-Fi access point was set up for wireless equipment connectivity.