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?
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%).
Read more on the season ticket campaigns of PSV and Royal Antwerp FC, virtual fans at LaLiga and more in ESSMA’s industry update.
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.
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.
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?
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.
On April 23th, we welcomed Francesco Gianello, Head of Allianz Stadium & Facilities, as the first speaker in our webinars series. He talked us through the Italian timeline of the COVID-19 outbreak, the impact on the sports activities in Allianz Stadium and the strategy towards re-opening.