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Astros install Amazon 'Just Walk Out' tech at Minute Maid Park

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April 18, 2022

The Astros have teamed with Amazon to equip two food and beverage stores at Minute Maid Park with Amazon's Just Walk Out technology, providing fans a faster and easier shopping experience during the 2022 Major League Baseball season and beyond, according to a press release.

The Just Walk Out technology-enabled "19th Hole" store is located on the Concourse level behind Section 156, and the Just Walk Out technology-enabled "Market" store is located on the Honda Club level behind Section 211. Both stores offer a selection of snacks, soda, candy and ready-to-drink alcoholic beverages. The Concourse level store also offers pre-packaged salads, wine bottles and souvenirs.

Fans visiting the two Just Walk Out technology-enabled stores can insert their credit card at the entry gates to shop. Once inside, anything they take off the shelf is automatically added to their virtual cart, and anything they put back on the shelf comes out of their virtual cart.

When they have completed their shopping, fans can leave the store and the credit card they inserted will be charged for the items they took.

"We wanted to provide this state-of-the-art technology to our fans, giving them a more streamlined and convenient shopping experience so they can spend more time enjoying baseball," Marcel Braithwaite, senior vice president, business operations for the Astros, said in the press release.