The Astros have added Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology to two food and beverage stores at Minute Maid Park. Fans can insert their credit card at the entry gate of each store before grabbing items off shelves and having their card automatically charged for those items as they exit the store.
The checkout-free experience is conducted through Amazon’s computer vision cameras and sensors that identify items grabbed by individual shoppers inside the store. Products grabbed off shelves will be added to a guest’s virtual cart. If they place an item back on the shelf, it will be automatically removed from their virtual cart. Fans buying alcohol at either store will be required to show ID to a store employee. Amazon also operates its Just Walk Out retail technology at sports venues such as Climate Pledge Arena, UBS Arena, TD Garden and the United Center.
