01Jul
Industry update: more on hospitality, fan experience and COVID-19
Read more on Johan Cruijff ArenA’s pop-up restaurant, Visit Mallorca Estadi, Bundesliga Match Facts and more in ESSMA’s industry update.
Safety & Security
26Jun
ESSMA Webinar - Ekstraklasa's restart and impact of crowd management
The competition in Poland has restarted a few weeks ago and several Ekstraklasa competition rounds have already been played. How did the Polish clubs prepare for it? As 25% of fans are allowed inside the stadium, how to decide which fans can enter? Which social distancing guidelines will they have to follow? And how to adapt the crowd management flows?
22Jun
Re-start of Ekstraklasa and matches with a limited amount of fans
ESSMA interviewed both Piotr Bielecki, Deputy Competition Director at Ekstraklasa, and Krzysztof Szumowski, Operations Manager at Legia Warsaw, to learn more about Ekstraklasa’s restart and its new guideline which allows for a limited amount of fans to attend the matches (with a maximum stadium capacity of 25%).
17Jun
Industry update: more on safety, fan experience and season ticket holders
Read more on the season ticket campaigns of PSV and Royal Antwerp FC, virtual fans at LaLiga and more in ESSMA’s industry update.
15Jun
Allsvenskan is kicking-off its 2020/21 season, how has COVID-19 impacted the Swedish competition?
Allsvenskan and Superettan, the highest divisions in Sweden, have kicked-off its 2020/2021 season with 2.5 months delay. ESSMA interviewed both Robert Johansson, Head of Communication at Swedish Professional Football Leagues, and Ola Gällstad, Project Manager at Malmö FF, to learn more about their preparations towards the postponed season.
03Jun
Industry update: more on development, safety & fan experience
Read more on the development plans of Excelsior Rotterdam, 5G at Allianz Arena, new safety guidelines by SGSA and more in ESSMA’s industry update.
12May
ESSMA Webinar: turning matchday staff into club ambassadors
Taking inspiration from several other big industries (theme parks, fast food, retail...) Fiserv Forum have created a tailor-made staff incentivisation programme which is helping them to achieve their mission: becoming the friendliest arena in the world. Want to learn how to better your matchday staff?
11May
Discover all Q&A from webinar Tackling COVID-19
On April 23th, ESSMA hosted its first webinar with Francesco Gianello, Stadium & Facilities manager at Allianz Stadium. An interesting session, with numerous questions in the Q&A was the result.