Dortmund will test thermal cameras at the entrance to the stadium

Signal Iduna Park, home stadium of Borussia Dortmund, will be used to test whether German Bundesliga soccer matches can be played again with spectators, despite the continued risk of contagion with the new coronavirus, thanks to technology and installation of thermal cameras. To see this possibility, for the last match of Dortmund against Hoffenheim on June 27, a high-tech equipment will be installed on the premises by a Berlin company, in charge of mounting special thermal imaging cameras at the entrances of the stadium.

These devices measure the body temperature of people without contact before admission and, additionally, '3D' sensors will be used to determine if the spacing rules are followed in the stands. “It would be negligent, after all, if we don't prepare now for viewers to be admitted again. We will have to wait and see if the technology ultimately used is efficient and meets the goal,” Carsten Cramer, director of Marketing, said Thursday. from Borussia, to the newspaper 'Ruhr Nachrichten'.