You may be interested to know that Palantir works with Ferrari on exactly this kind of problem (sensors collecting data and making sense of it) - https://www.palantir.com/solutions/auto-racing/
Most places in NYC with a line + bouncer situation you can usually slip them a $20 or something and skip the line anyway. So I guess this is a way to put control of this kind of situation in the hands of the venue itself.