Operating football stadiums involves various organisational challenges in the areas of event administration, fan services, security and visitor management, and sustainable sporting venue management. A wide range of innovative technologies and services can help to further modernise the processes in professional football in terms of digitalisation and professionalism. To this end, club officers, stadium operators, the DFL and the DFB regularly receive novel proposals to be tested for practical applicability in a stadium and footballing context.

The joint initiative “Stadium Innovations” of the DFL and the DFB enables the participating clubs to acquire knowledge about the benefits and usefulness of new innovative products and share their experiences with each other. The format also gives future-oriented companies the opportunity to present their own innovations and have them tested in practice.

The detailed final reports of the respective project cycles of the initiativeto promote innovative technologies and services in the stadium, event and security sector are available here. For the upcoming project year, applications from providers are still possible.