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.
Safety & Security
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.
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%).