The chief executive of the Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corporation has doubled down on using facial recognition at its venues to bar lawyers suing the group from attending events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking to Fox 5 on Thursday, MSG Executive Chairman and CEO James Dolan said Madison Square Garden is a private company and therefore entitled to determine who is allowed to enter its venues for events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt Madison Square Garden, if you\u2019re suing us, we\u2019re just asking of you \u2013 please don\u2019t come until you\u2019re done with your argument with us,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd yes, we\u2019re using facial recognition to enforce that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His comments come after New York Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday sent a letterto MSG Entertainment requesting information regarding its use of facial recognition technology to prohibit legitimate ticketholders from entering venues. The letter said the attorney general\u2019s office has reviewed reports MSG Entertainment has used facial recognition to identify and deny entry to multiple lawyers affiliated with law firms involved in ongoing litigation with the company. The letter indicates thousands of attorneys from around 90 law firms may have been impacted by the policy and said the ban includes those holding season tickets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
attorney general\u2019s letter raised the concern that banning individuals from accessing venues over ongoing litigation may violate local, state, and federal human rights laws, including laws prohibiting retaliation. The letter also questions whether the facial recognition software used by MSG Entertainment is reliable and what safeguards are in place to avoid bias and discrimination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a press release, James said, \u201cMSG Entertainment cannot fight their legal battles in their own arenas. Madison Square Garden and Radio City Music Hall are world-renowned venues and should treat all patrons who purchased tickets with fairness and respect. Anyone with a ticket to an event should not be concerned that they may be wrongfully denied entry based on their appearance, and we\u2019re urging MSG Entertainment to reverse this policy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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