The pre-set foot and beverage combo meals were prepared and fulfilled at Folk Field, home of Purdue’s women’s soccer team, about half a mile away from Alexander Field, at least for those walking between the two venues’ front gates. Valqari worked with USOG, its drone partner, to map out delivery service and a flight path. The program was meant to “pressure-test the delivery experience for higher fan volume at future events.” (You can watch a video of the delivery process here). In the pilot program, Purdue’s concessionaire, Levy (and its DBK Studio technology team), partnered with Chicago-based Valqari, a company with a patented six-locker Drone Delivery Station, and Unmanned Systems Operation Group (USOG) to fulfill orders of hot dogs, bottles of water, and chips. In the first-ever drone delivery of food and beverage at a sporting event-while Purdue hosted the University of Michigan-fans could order a meal pack and have it delivered via done to a locker inside Alexander Field. Getting a hot dog at a recent Purdue University baseball series took on an aerial quality. Drones steered clear of pedestrian areas and parking lots, instead flying over sports fields.Concessionaire Levy is evaluating the pilot program as way to enhance services at more remote locations.
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