(More) Champions Choose Evolv

Congratulations to the Boston Celtics, who on June 17 became not only the 2023/2024 NBA Champions, but also the winningest team in NBA history, earning their 18th title and surpassing their cross-country rival the Los Angeles Lakers.

The Celtics also join the Denver Nuggets, Colorado Avalanche, Columbus Crew, Houston Astros, and Las Vegas Golden Knights in the group of current Evolv customers that have won recent league championships.  This further demonstrates what we’ve said before:  Champions Choose Evolv.  

We don’t think it’s a coincidence that these winning teams have put an emphasis on excellence on and off the field of play.  Winning a pro league title is the ultimate organizational accomplishment, and the same culture of high performance that makes for winners on the court, ice, pitch, or field also wants to win at the gates, doors, and concourses.  After all, as the Celtics championship series showed, the fans matter to the end result – after a blowout loss in Game 4 in Dallas, the team came roaring back at home in Game 5 – and deserve to be treated just as well as the players.

That’s where Evolv comes in.  No fan ever wants to wait to clear security before a game – and certainly not a game as big as the NBA Finals.  But no fan or team wants to compromise on security.  Until Evolv came along, there wasn’t a good way to balance those competing objectives, so entry lines were accepted.  Next-gen systems like Evolv Express eliminate the tradeoff.  Now it’s possible to create safer spaces and greatly reduce entry lines too.  That win-win is a game-changer for teams and venue operators, as almost 50 sports customers – and counting! – can attest.       

Congratulations again to the Celtics.  Perhaps in few months, one of our eleven pro baseball or ten pro soccer customers will be the next team to hoist a championship trophy.  We’ll be cheering on the parade in Boston today from our headquarters in Waltham.  Congrats to our home team!