Faster entry flow
Separate storage from ticketing and security screening to remove a common ingress bottleneck.
Vpod venue locker solutions
Smart Venue Lockers for Stadiums, Arenas and Live Events
Give visitors secure, self-service bag storage before entry—helping your team enforce bag policies, reduce manual handling and keep high-volume ingress moving.
400+locations
25+countries
8 monthsAFAS Live payback
Built for peak demand
Storage that works with venue operations—not against them.
Venue lockers move bag storage away from security lanes and staffed cloakrooms. Visitors store and collect independently using a QR code, PIN or mobile journey, while venue teams retain visibility of occupancy and activity.
Consistent bag policies
Give visitors a practical alternative when bags or restricted items cannot pass the entry point.
Lower staff dependency
Replace repetitive item handling with a guided self-service journey and operational oversight.
Revenue-ready storage
Offer paid storage directly or explore a GainShare model without losing control of the guest experience.
The visitor journey
Four clear steps from arrival to collection.
Simple enough for first-time visitors. Controlled enough for live operations.
CrowdStorPurpose-built smart rental lockers for high-footfall venues.
Explore the CrowdStor platform →Connected commercial journey
Link the locker to payment, ticketing, digital access and visitor systems.
The strongest venue deployment starts before the guest reaches the locker. Booking, payment, entitlement, arrival and access can form one joined-up service when the relevant integration is agreed during solution design.
Book→Pay→Entitle→Arrive→Access→Reconcile
Payment journey
Adyen
Where Adyen sits in the venue payment stack, paid storage can be designed around payment authorisation, locker entitlement, use, exceptions and reconciliation.
Explore the Adyen venue workflow → Payment journeyWorldline
Connect a contactless payment journey to the storage entitlement so the commercial transaction and locker service can be designed as one guest experience.
See the Worldline payment pathway → Digital credentialApple Wallet
An agreed digital pass can extend the venue journey from a ticket or entitlement into a convenient mobile credential for storage access.
Explore Apple Wallet access journeys → Pre-booked storageVenue Booking & Ticketing APIs
Offer a locker during event planning so storage can become a pre-booked add-on, with the guest receiving entitlement and instructions before arrival.
Explore booking and ticketing APIs → Visitor journeyvGreet
For managed guest, hospitality, VIP or contractor journeys, vGreet can provide arrival context that can be connected to an agreed secure storage workflow.
Explore the vGreet visitor pathway →Integration scopeAvailability, supported triggers, data direction, credential type and support ownership should be confirmed during solution design. These links describe relevant venue workflow pathways rather than asserting a universal native connector.Browse all Vpod integrated partners →
Real venue evidence
Measured results, not a generic locker claim.
Use comparable venue deployments to build the internal case across operations, security, guest experience and commercial teams.
Co-op Live · arena
High-volume self-service storage
A major arena deployment demonstrating venue-scale visitor storage and operational performance.
Explore the Co-op Live evidence →Paradiso · music venue
75% faster post-event exit
- 18× reported ROI
- Two-month payback
- Self-service QR journey
AFAS Live · arena
56% faster post-concert exit
Self-service lockers replaced a labour-heavy cloakroom model and delivered reported payback within eight months.
Explore AFAS Live evidence →Make the right storage decision
Smart lockers, staffed cloakroom or bag policy?
Each approach changes throughput, staffing and visitor experience. Start with the operating model, not the cabinet.
Criteria
Smart lockers
Staffed cloakroom
Bag policy only
Peak scalability
High
Staff-dependent
Low
Visitor self-service
Yes
No
No storage
Audit visibility
Digital
Manual
Limited
Revenue potential
Built in
Possible
None
Staff handling
Low
High
High at exceptions
Built around your priorities
One venue system. Three decision journeys.
Take each stakeholder directly to the evidence that matters to their role.
Operations directors
Increase throughput and reduce reliance on temporary event staffing.
Explore the operations journey →Security managersEnforce bag policies while keeping exceptions away from screening lanes.
Explore the security journey →Facilities managersPlan secure, resilient storage around the building and event-day operation.
Explore the facilities journey →
▶Security and crowd flow
See how smart lockers support venue operations under Martyn’s Law.
Understand where pre-entry storage fits alongside bag policies, controlled ingress and venue security planning.
Solve the problem behind the search
Explore the venue challenges this system addresses.
Plan your venue deployment
Design storage around your peak arrival window.
Talk through capacity, location, access journey, commercial model and integration requirements with Vpod.