Arena-Khimki Stadium, Khimki, Moscow Region

Arena Khimki is a football stadium in the Moscow Region with a capacity of 18,636 spectators and the home ground of FC Khimki. The stadium has hosted Russian football competitions and international matches under UEFA’s auspices. During the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Arena Khimki served as a training venue for Peru’s national team.

In 2021, the stadium required a complete replacement of its spectator access control system and an upgrade of its existing access control equipment while retaining the installed turnstiles.

Infomatika was responsible for the following tasks:

• Replace the existing spectator access control system with SEACS LENTA based on the LENTA-Sport automated system;
• Upgrade the existing turnstiles without replacing them entirely;
• Enable barcode and QR code scanning from paper tickets and mobile device screens;
• Support contactless cards;
• Integrate the spectator access control system with the Russian Premier League’s existing fan identification system;
• Set up automated staff workstations.

Infomatika implemented SEACS LENTA based on the LENTA-Sport automated system and upgraded the existing access points by fitting the installed turnstiles with interactive control modules.

Key Project Components

• SEACS LENTA based on the LENTA-Sport automated system. Provides automated spectator access control and manages the stadium’s entrance equipment.
• Interactive Control Modules for Full-Height Turnstiles. Installed to upgrade 16 full-height dual-lane turnstiles. The modules feature a universal controller, a digital display, 1D/2D barcode and QR code readers, ISO 14443 A/B contactless card readers supporting contactless bank cards, and LED indicators. Tickets can be presented on paper or on mobile device screens.
• Interactive Control Modules for Waist-Height Turnstiles. Five existing waist-height turnstiles were retrofitted and adapted using a customized version of the IMMU UCR-8A-W module.
• Mobile Ticket Validation Terminals. Enable ticket checks away from fixed access points and provide additional spectator access control in different stadium areas. Ten mobile terminals were supplied.

Integration

SEACS LENTA based on the LENTA-Sport automated system is integrated with the Russian Premier League’s fan identification system.

System Management Infrastructure

The spectator access control system is supported by a fault-tolerant server cluster running LENTA software. Automated workstations were set up for the administrator, ticket resolution team, and stadium control center.

Adaptation to FIS Requirements

In 2022, Infomatika supplied additional equipment and adapted the spectator access control hardware and software to meet the new requirements and technical specifications of the Fan Identification System (FIS). The system was integrated with FIS and equipped with an information security subsystem.

Under these requirements, fans, organizers, media representatives, and even players are only allowed to enter the stadium upon presentation of a Fan Card to ensure maximum security during matches.

Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs Order No. 1092 dated November 17, 2015.

Russian Ministry of Sport Order No. 676 dated August 22, 2022.

• Building LENTA Sport ACS based spectator access control system at the stadium.
  
• integration with Russian Premier League fan identification system;
  
• automation of personnel work stations:  administrator AWS, investigation team AWS, stadium control center AWS;
  
• Modernization of the facility's existing ACS equipment:
  
• manufacture, supply and installation of 16 interactive control modules for full-height two-pass turnstiles;
• enhancement and customization of 5 half-height turnstiles with interactive control modules (project-specific modification is IMCM UCR-8A-W);