Our Sponsors
Underscore
Underscore is a specialist creative agency with vast expertise in brand management and integrated communications planning for stadia.
Our approach is driven by our passion to be different, our fearless approach to innovation and our experience of getting results.
We focus on profile, customers and revenue and keep our clients at the heart of everything we do.
TicketService International
Ticketservice provides a unique and extremely flexible loyalty- and ticketing-system for any size of stadium, arena or sports club. With its headquarters in Denmark, the company has gained vast experience in ticketing for major teams and venues in Scandinavia – and now also operates across mainland Europe.
Ticketservice offers the one and only complete concept ticketing solution. It provides an advanced out-of-the-box solution to fulfill all of a venue's ticketing needs, along with limitless development potential to keep you ahead of the game. The Ticketservice system is 100 per cent tailor-made in your brand and layout.
Our ticketing system has been adapted for delegate registration to the Stadium Business Summit 2010 and you can also experience our recent international expansion at this sample site for a German football club.
For further information please contact: Henrik Thomsen on tel: + 45 23 64 39 39 or e-mail.
PanStadia
PANSTADIA is the leading journal for the Sports & Entertainment Facility industry worldwide. This beautifully designed, full-colour, A4 size, 150+ page publication, covers all aspects of this dynamic sector from Design and Build, to Fit-Out, Naming Rights and beyond.
Readership includes industry professionals from 125+ countries, including key personnel from Sports Architects & Designers, Olympic Committees, Stadia/Arenas/Venues, Sports Federations, Universities & Colleges, Clubs/Teams, Producers & Suppliers, Conference & Entertainment Facilities etc.
From 2010, subscribers will also be able to request an e-version of the journal and visitors to the website will be able to utilise our new Enhanced Reader Reply Service, which will allow them to download company press releases, brochures etc.
For further information please visit: www.panstadia.com or email Katie McIntyre, Publishing Editor.
Agilysys hospitality
Agilysys hospitality solutions are designed to meet the operational needs specific to sports and entertainment venues with guest-centric technology that enables you to tap into new revenue streams and serve your customers in innovative ways.
In today’s competitive stadium and arena market, it’s more important than ever to select the right technology. You need multi-tasking solutions that streamline operations, enhance efficiency, maximise profitability and address all aspects of your business — from concessions to reporting.
Agilysys is a leading provider of innovative IT solutions to the retail and hospitality sector. Agilysys’ hospitality solutions provide unparalleled reliability, functionality, efficiency and control over multiple aspects of operations – from reservations, check-in, point-of-sale and business intelligence, to inventory and procurement management to document management.
For more information, visit www.agilysys.com/hospitality.
Payment Solution
Payment Solution provides complete and truly integrated payment solutions for stadiums, arenas, theme parks and other venues for leisure & entertainment.
Using multi-functional customer cards based on RFID contact-less chip technology and comprehensive management software, the system ensures the seamless interaction of all relevant components such as ticketing, access, point-of-sale, parking, etc.
Through increased convenience for guests and visitors, faster transactions and enhanced marketing options, operating companies will enjoy higher revenue and profit. The Hamburg-based company provides cashless systems at Ricoh Arena, Coventry, DonBass Arena, Ukraine, AFG Arena, St. Gallen, Switzerland, Hoffenheim’s new Rhein-Neckar Arena, Nurburgring, RheinEnergie Stadium, Cologne, Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern and Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt.
With a unique business model the firm provides the equipment and operational services for a cashless system under its own brand justpay. The full investment as well as all operational cost are undertaken by the firm.
We create convenience – payment solution AG.
Aedas Sport
In 2008, Aedas added a world-class sports and entertainment design studio to its capabilities when it merged with MEIS Architects to form Aedas Sport.
Dan Meis, FAIA, serves as the firm’s global Director for the Sports and Entertainment sector. Widely regarded as one of the U.S.’ most influential designers of sports facilities, Dan Meis is the Managing Partner of Aedas Sport with over 25 years of experience.
In 1992, as a Design Principal of Ellerbe Becket, he designed Europe’s largest indoor arena—Nynex Arena (now Manchester Evening News Arena) in Manchester, England. In 1995, Meis won the international design competition for the $750 million Saitama Super Arena in Japan. Later, as the Co-Founding Design Partner for NBBJ Sports and Entertainment, Dan designed a number of critically acclaimed sports, entertainment, and convention facilities including Dodge Theater in Phoenix, Miller Park in Milwaukee, Safeco Field in Seattle, Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, and Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati. Paul Brown Stadium is the only NFL facility to ever win an AIA design award and Dan’s design for Los Angeles’ Staples Center has been heralded as one of the “greatest arenas ever built”.
For more information visit Aedas Sport
Barco
Barco provides large screen LED video displays, LED sports perimeter, digital signage and mobile LED screens for sports stadia.
Barco's LED sports perimeter specifically developed for televised sports events enables perfect, flicker-free reproduction of brands through its excellent daylight readability, superior contrast levels, easy synchronization with professional camera equipment, and individual color optimization. With over 20 years of experience in outdoor, large-screen LED displays and visual solutions for the broadcast industry, Barco knows how to get the best image to your TV audience, and the highest return on your advertising investments. Barco's patented, top-mounted 'brand-up' display offers even greater impact and higher recall rates resulting in a higher return for advertisers.
Newmarket
Newmarket International is the world’s leading provider of group and function sales automation technology to hospitality venues.
Our products are aimed at helping stadia bring in more group business revenues. In order to succeed in this fast-paced industry, you need access to an integrated solution that gives you control over your business from beginning to end. That’s why Newmarket’s Delphi Sales Advantage suite was designed to seamlessly connect all the phases of your sales and catering process, from the request for proposal (RFP) or inquiry, right through to delivery and beyond. In the end, our Delphi Sales Advantage solution will save you time and reduce the need for replicated data, be more pro-active in its sales activities and win more group business.
