16Jul
How connected is the European stadium today?
ESSMA proudly presents her Connectivity Benchmark, which zooms in on the technological developments in the stadium industry.
Operations & Ticketing
15Jul
Industry update: developments in fan experience and other expert areas
Read more on the stadium experience for players in LaLiga while playing matches behing closed doors and the annual fan survey of KNVB.
13Jul
ESSMA insights as part of the KNVB webinar on partnerships
KNVB Expertise organised a webinar focused on sponsorship and sales with 30 representatives from Dutch professional football clubs. The webinar focused on ways to provide visibility and added value for sponsors and partners during COVID-19 crisis with insights from Steffen Plein, Sponsoring & Sales Coordinator at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. In addition, ESSMA shared its insights on the ongoing COVID-19 research and best practices on new initiatives and ideas for clubs to expand its reach.
09Jul
How did the Hungarian clubs prepare for the competition’s restart?
Since 23 May NB1 matches behind closed doors were allowed again. As a next phase, a limited amount of fans were allowed back into the stadium soon after. While for the last three competition rounds, a full capacity was allowed. ESSMA interviewed Máté Bálint - International Project Manager at Ferencvárosi TC - and László Erik Horváth - Infrastructure Expert at MLSZ - regarding the Hungarian restart.
07Jul
Discover all Q&A from our webinar with Borussia Mönchengladbach on matches behind closed doors
On 18 June, ESSMA hosted its fifth webinar with Matthias Neumann - Head of Security at Borussia Monchengladbach. An interesting session, with numerous questions in the Q&A was the result.
03Jul
Overview ESSMA Stadium and Corporate Partner webinars
Several of our industry suppliers are launching/have launched webinars to stay in touch with their network and share insights. ESSMA has selected some webinars which are relevant for our industry. Don't hesitate to join when interested!
02Jul
Ekstraklasa's restart and impact on crowd management - insights from our webinar
In Poland, football matches have a very important social and economic role. As a result, experts from the football and stadium industry have been working on plans for the re-opening since April.
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.