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- SURVEY: What’s on our minds?
Ahead of this year’s Summit, TheStadiumBusiness took the opportunity to survey our global stadium community to identify and track the key trends in the sector. We reached out to 450 C-level stadium, arena and sports venue executives across a host of leagues and 22 countries. This wasn’t a forensive scientific ...1 month ago - #SBS20 Virtual Event. Real Winners
Bridging the virtual and real worlds, our Tuscan hampers from Fattoria la Vialla have arrived with our prizewinning networkers from #SBS20 Online. Operations consultant Pete Watts of Rockvolt (left) got in touch: “A fabulous gift full of goodies. Tartufi al Cioccolato and Viallini bites went quickly, and with great appreciation! ...2 months ago - #SBS20 Virtual event. Real resultsWe’d like to share our gratitude to everyone who contributed to #SBS20 Online last month. It wasn’t the ‘usual format’ of our established sociable, professional Summit: hugs and handshakes were replaced by taps and apps. But we welcome a truly global, C-level audience with many (55%+) of participants first-timers ...3 months ago
- #SBS20 Thank youA year of unprecedented challenges for the stadium industry ended on a high with TheStadiumBusiness Summit 2020 going virtual for the first time to host industry executives from across the globe as news broke of the world’s first approved COVID-19 vaccine in the UK… On the evening of day two of ...4 months ago
- Attendance Update: Who’s getting involved?Each year TheStadiumBusiness Summit hosts the world’s leading gathering of key thinkers, movers and shakers from across the global sports and entertainment world. Here’s a sampling of the stadium experts who joined us last year: • CEO, Accor Arena • CEO, Kardinia Park Stadium Trust • CEO, Leyton Orient FC ...5 months ago
- Attendance Update: Who’s with us online this year?Each year TheStadiumBusiness Summit hosts the world’s leading gathering of key thinkers, movers and shakers from across the global sports and entertainment world. Here’s a sampling of the stadium experts joining us online this year: • CEO, Accor Arena • CEO, Kardinia Park Stadium Trust • CEO, Leyton Orient ...5 months ago
- Update: Over 150 teams & venues confirmed. More to comeSix weeks to go and we’re delighted to announce that we already have our largest confirmed attendance from teams and stadia. Here’s a selection of those organisations which have confirmed they’ll be logging in with us this year: • 2023 Summer World University Games • 3 Arena (formerly O2 ...6 months ago
- Reopen & Reimagine: The Summit moves onlineDespite our desire and preference, it’s clear that bringing together our global community in person is simply unviable. But there is also a growing need for more clarity, more ideas on how we reopen, restart and reimagine our sector post-covid. As such, we will deliver this year’s Summit online on ...6 months ago
- Reopen & Reimagine: The Summit gathers onlineDespite our desire and preference, it’s clear that bringing together our global community in person is simply unviable. But there is also a growing need for more clarity, more ideas on how we reopen, restart and reimagine our sector post-covid. As such, we will deliver this year’s Summit online on ...6 months ago
- Launching the 2020 VIP Project ProgrammeOver the last few months, events in stadiums around the world have been on pause but the flip side of this ‘pause in business’ has created additional time for clubs and teams to focus on their stadium projects. Each year the Summit invites a selection of VIP delegations representing the ...8 months ago
- Hosting events in the ‘new norm’While the majority of UK venues have been closed over the last few months due to COVID-19, the team at Emirates Old Trafford (home of Lancashire County Cricket Club) has been demonstrating how to successfully host (international) matches behind closed doors during lockdown. And now they are ready to share ...9 months ago
- 2020 Awards Winners AnnouncedThe winners of TheStadiumBusiness Awards 2020 are announced today to celebrate the global stadium sector’s outstanding success stories of the previous 12 months. “The stadium sports and entertainment sector is in turmoil. Never before have so many events been cancelled, so many venues closed — with such broad restrictions on travel put ...12 months ago
- Speaker Preview: Allegiant Stadium – the one to see
Last year all industry eyes were on Tottenham Hotspur FC to see what it was delivering in its new stadium. This year eyes are being drawn ‘across the pond’ to the NFL and on the latest generation of the USA’s mega-stadia. And where better to experience sports as entertainment – ...1 year ago - Speaker Preview: The first year at Tottenham Hotspur StadiumTottenham Hotspur Stadium has been our industry’s most-anticipated, most talked-about and, increasingly, the most-celebrated new stadium opening over the past year. Winning praise from all quarters, the new stadium has been hailed as a “game-changer” for the industry. So what’s made it so succseful? What are the operational aspects which ...1 year ago
- KEYNOTE PREVIEW: AI, ChatBots and Your TouchpointsArtificial intelligence has ushered in a new age for professional sports. Thanks to technology like chat bots, organisations can be much more efficient with their manpower in serving the needs of fans before, during, and after games. We welcome Don White, CEO & Co-Founder, Satisfi Labs to TheStadiumBusiness Summit 2020 ...1 year ago
- 2020 Awards Shortlists AnnouncedTheStadiumBusiness Awards are delighted to reveal the final shortlists for 2020. We were inundated with submissions this year, seeing nominations flood in from around the world. We would like to sincerely congratulate all of our finalists for making the shortlists – we will be in touch shortly to advise the ...1 year ago
- Speaker Preview: Marking the Future with GroundWOW
We’re excited to welcome award-winning inventor, Tony Rhoades (Chairman, CEO & Founder, GroundWOW) and commercial specialist David Pritchard (Chief Commercial Officer, GroundWOW), to present at TheStadiumBusiness Summit 2020. Traditional ground marking, while effective, can be complicated. GroundWOW’s world-first technology eliminates the issues associated with traditional methods and enables facility owners ...1 year ago - Announcing the 2020 Judges
The Panel… Take a look at our 2020 TheStadiumBusiness Awards panel… Michael Bolingbroke, Senior Executive in Leisure & Sport Michael Bolingbroke acts as an adviser and N.E.D. to companies in the leisure & sports sector. Most recently Michael has been Chairman of Blackpool Football Club (where he oversaw ...1 year ago - Attendance Update: More Teams & Venues ConfirmedWe’re delighted to announce more of our confirmed attendees which including the following industry leaders. Venues Canberra – Director of Commercial Adelaide Oval SMA – GM – Hospitality & Portfolio Development Aarhus Gymnastikforening – Project Leader FC Barcelona – Head of IT Operations Brighton and Hove Albion FC – Digital Systems Project ...1 year ago
- Summit preview released. Tickets from £195For our 11th edition (!), TheStadiumBusiness Summit is having a makeover. We’re embracing Technology, Innovation and Transformation to re-define the no.1 stadium sector meeting in the world. Combining a two day conference, our unique mini-exhibition, stadium tours, networking events, plus TheStadiumBusiness Awards – the Summit is the best place on ...1 year ago
- The Winners – Design & Development Awards 2019The winners of TheStadiumBusiness Design & Development Awards 2019 were announced tonight in London in front of an audience of senior industry figures attending the Summit. The Awards were launched to recognise leadership, innovation and achievement in the design, development, construction and refurbishment of major sports venue facilities globally. ...1 year ago
- Integrated IP Video and Digital Signage SolutionsExterity, a leading provider of IP video and digital signage technologies, will highlight how it enables stadiums and arenas to harness the power of video to engage, inform and entertain people attending live events. Exterity enables stadium operators to stream live footage and action replays to any number of TVs, LED ...1 year ago
- Guestlist open. First clubs confirmed. CTOs welcomeEach year we curate a guestlist of VIPs – from venues and teams, large and small – to provide new faces and bring new ideas to the Summit. Our VIP invites are now out for #SBS20 and already 20 organisations have confirmed: British Basketball League – COO British Basketball League ...1 year ago
- White Paper: How the Latest Audiovisual Technologies Are Reshaping Sports VenuesStadiums and arenas are leading the way with some impressive uses of AV technology. This free White Paper (from our #TDS19 headline partner AVIXA – the international AV trade association) details cutting-edge projects in immersive fan engagement. The Cleveland Cavaliers has done “immersive” projection mapping one better, working with Quince ...1 year ago
- SPEAKER PREVIEW: Club Wembley – Redefining sporting hospitality
Over the last 3 years, Club Wembley has undergone immeasurable changes to its matchday experiences, recreating and re-designing spaces which had not been touched since the opening of the stadium in 2007. As part of an overall repositioning of the Club Wembley brand and proposition, a clear strategy was needed ...2 years ago
