Arlington Park Protects the Ponies with Brivo ACS
Legendary racetrack deploys Brivo ACS WebService™
Bethesda, MD, July 08, 2008 – Brivo Systems, LLC, the leader in Web applications for access control and security systems, today announced that Arlington Park Racetrack, located in suburban Chicago, utilizes Brivo ACS WebService to secure all nonpublic areas within the grandstand and the highly restricted stables area.
Internationally acclaimed as one of racing’s most beautiful settings, Arlington Park boasts hundreds of thousands of visitors to its clubhouse and grounds during racing season. Park management chose Brivo Access Control Systems (ACS) to manage access to secured areas of the grandstand and the backstretch, a highly secure and regulated area, where more than 2,100 horses are stabled. The grandstand’s 18 door access readers are connected directly to the Park’s network, while the two backstretch gates are connected and controlled wirelessly. All access can be managed with any standard Web browser from any computer, located anywhere with Internet access.
“Brivo was the only Web-enabled system that also offered wireless,” said Chris Martin, Arlington Park Director of Public Safety and Security. “Our former system required a dedicated PC and internal IT support. We were looking to upgrade to a system that offered wireless connectivity, greater flexibility, a means to reduce IT dependency, and improved ease of use. The wireless option was paramount because we wanted to expand access control to cover the stables in the backstretch, but trenching would have been a prohibitive expense. We have both wired and wireless with Brivo on one system.”
Martin and his staff take advantage of Brivo’s ease of creating and managing multiple groups having different access privileges, both of which change throughout the year. One other Brivo feature Martin has used to great advantage is email and cell phone notification. “During racing season, we have a lot of staff here and it’s often a changing population. On any given day, if I need to omit access or see a certain individual, I establish a notification and when that person arrives I know where and when to get a hold of him—that’s a great feature.”
Martin continued, “We don’t have an IT Department, but after we installed Brivo we just hit the ground running. The system has performed well, it’s very easy to use, and we have the full support we need.”
In the future, Martin is looking to integrate his DVR video into the control system and he’d like to get even more sophisticated in using the alert features. “We want to install automated parking access so we can improve productivity but also so when certain senior staff and VIPs arrive, we know in time to greet them and make sure they have an excellent experience.”
“Every end user is different in their own way as to what special features appeal to them,” said Brivo President and CEO, Steve Van Till. “Ease of use, flexibility, and not needing dedicated IT staff or PCs are common benefits we hear all the time. For Arlington Park, ensuring expanded security while saving money and fully utilizing the notification system for both operations and marketing purposes are of special significance.”
For more information on the Brivo Online Access Control System, contact Brivo toll-free at 1-866-692-7486, option 1 or email sales@brivo.com.
About Arlington Park
Internationally acclaimed as one of racing’s most beautiful settings, Arlington Park hosted its inaugural meet in 1927 and re-opened its doors in 1989 after a devastating fire engulfed the clubhouse four years earlier. Arlington merged with Churchill Downs Incorporated in September 2000 and has the distinction of being the first racetrack in the Churchill Downs family to install a synthetic racing surface. As home to the world’s first million-dollar race, the Arlington Million, Arlington features a 1 1/8-mile main track, a one-mile turf course and a five-furlong training track. Arlington experienced a historic first in 2002 as the suburban Chicago track hosted its first-ever Breeders’ Cup World Thoroughbred Championships. Arlington Park holds the distinction of being the first Churchill Downs-affiliated racetrack to install a synthetic racing surface. Thoroughbred racing is normally held at Arlington from mid spring into autumn.
About Brivo Systems
Brivo Systems, LLC, is an online physical access control system provider for organizations that need to protect and remotely monitor buildings and perimeter entry points using Internet and wireless technologies. The company’s hardware products and software services enable businesses to control physical access to offices, warehouses, remote/unmanned buildings, or sensitive areas such as computer rooms, where real-time control and accountability of entry are important. The company's Web-hosted solutions are based on open technologies that connect dispersed facilities to the Internet using secure, wide-area communications.
Brivo is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Duchossois Group.
About the Duchossois Group
The Duchossois Group is a privately held holding company, headquartered in Elmhurst, Illinois, which owns AMX, The Chamberlain Group and Milestone AV Technologies. Duchossois also holds strategic interests in Churchill Downs, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHDN), and a number of other diversified businesses.
For more information about Brivo or the Brivo Access Control System, contact Brivo toll-free at 1-866-692-7486, option 1 or by email at sales@brivo.com.
