A French government inquiry has concluded that future major sporting events should use blockchain for ticketing. The report follows the delay of more than half an hour to the start of the UEFA Champions League football final on May 28 after chaos at the ticket turnstiles resulting from counterfeit tickets.
Worse still, fans were tear-gassed, and thousands who had unsuspectingly bought the tickets were refused entry to the match. Michel Cadot, the French interministerial delegate for the Olympic Games and major events, submitted his report to the French Prime Minister last week. He explored much more than ticketing, including crowd control and security issues.
The match between Liverpool and Real Madrid was held in Paris at the Stade de France although it was originally planned to be in Moscow but was moved after Russia invaded Ukraine.
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