Center for Physical Culture and Sports Development (Volleyball Center), Yaroslavl

The Volleyball Center in Yaroslavl opened on February 11, 2025, becoming one of Russia’s most modern sports venues. Its infrastructure includes a 5,000-seat main arena, training courts, a beach volleyball area, and a sports and recovery complex with a swimming pool, gym, and spa.

The center is the home venue of Yaroslavich Volleyball Club, which competes in the Russian Super League. The multifunctional complex accommodates different visitor activities, from attending sporting events to using training and wellness facilities. Managing these activities required a unified ticketing and access control system capable of assigning access permissions, managing equipment, and communicating with external information systems.

Infomatika was responsible for the following tasks:

• Automate ticket sales for sporting events and enable online sales;
• Provide controlled spectator entry to the main arena and visitor access to the gym and swimming pool;
• Equip entrance areas with equipment designed for high visitor volumes;
• Manage accreditation for staff, event participants, and media representatives with differentiated access permissions;
• Enable integration with external ticketing agents and information systems;
• Establish system management infrastructure with centralized equipment monitoring.

As part of the project, Infomatika implemented the LENTA hardware and software system, bringing together ticket sales, access control across different areas, and event participant accreditation. The solution includes entrance equipment, server infrastructure, automated staff workstations, and system management software.

Key Project Components

• LENTA Automated Ticketing and Access Control System. Automates ticket sales, verifies visitor access rights, and manages the complex’s access control equipment.
• Vector Plus Smart Turnstiles. Provide controlled visitor access to the main arena, swimming pool, and gym.
• Vector Gate Smart Gates. Complement the entrance equipment and provide controlled passage lanes.
• Mobile Ticket Validation Terminals. Used by access control staff for additional ticket checks during events.
• Lenta-Accreditation Software Module. Manages accreditation and issues personalized badges for staff, event participants, and media representatives, assigning role-based access permissions to the venue’s functional areas.
• Lenta-Monitoring Software Module. Enables real-time monitoring of access control equipment, helping staff detect faults promptly and prevent operational incidents during events.
• Online Ticket Store. Enables online ticket sales for events at the Volleyball Center. Its design reflects the venue’s corporate branding.

Integration

A ticketing agent integration gateway connects LENTA with the external ticketing infrastructure. An additional integration gateway enables connections to third-party information systems.

The complex’s online ticket store is integrated with the ticketing and access control system, enabling online sales within the venue’s unified ticketing infrastructure.

System Management Infrastructure

Server equipment was supplied to support the LENTA automated ticketing and access control system, and 13 automated staff workstations were set up: 4 cashier workstations, 2 manager workstations, 4 administrator workstations, 1 security workstation, 1 accreditation workstation, and 1 central system node workstation.

• Manufacturing, supply, and installation of 16 Vector.Plus smart turnstiles;

• Manufacturing, supply, and installation of 2 Vector.Gate smart gates;

• Manufacturing, supply, and installation of a guidance railing system;

• Supply of 9 mobile ticket validation terminals;

• Supply of server infrastructure and staff workstations, including: 2 system manager workstations, 4 cashier workstations, 4 administrator workstations, 1 security officer workstation,1 accreditation workstation, 1 Central System Control Unit (CSCU) workstation;

• Integration gateway for external ticketing agencies;

• Integration gateway for external information systems;

• LENTA ticketing and access control software module;

• LENTA Accreditation software module;

• LENTA Monitoring software module;

• Development of an online ticketing platform;

• Comissioning works.