ALSD International – Europe’s leading conference and exhibition for the premium Seat market – is coming to Croke Park, the largest sporting arena on the island of Ireland and Europe’s third largest stadium, in the beautiful city of Dublin, this October 28th and 29th. With sports projects aplenty and a variety of world-class sports venues, Ireland uses the best platform.
The high-level, two-day ALSD international event will take a look at premium seating and how to increase profits with new builds, restorations and service expansions, as well as new F&B offerings. All aspects of this dynamic niche, from architecture and design, through to VIP access, premium sales, client retention, sponsorship, innovative technology, products, options and fit-outs, will be discussed and dissected by a large variety of high calibre experts at the second edition of this industry-leading event.
For 2019, attendees will benefit from a detailed conference program, during which they will hear insights from a range of industry leaders, while benefitting from unrivalled networking opportunities, in addition to behind-the-scenes excursions of Aviva Stadium, the 50,000-seat home of the Football association of Ireland (FAI) and Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU), Croke Park, the 82,300-seat home of the Gaelic athletic association (GAA), and the 9,000-seat 3Arena, one of the top 10 busiest live enjoyment venues in the world.
Attendees at ALSD international 2019 will be treated to behind-the-scenes excursions of Aviva Stadium, the 50,000-seat home of the Football association of Ireland (FAI) and Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU)
Ireland is currently a hotbed of activity, with many sports venue projects either underway or on the boards, including:
Phase 2 of the sport Ireland national indoor Arena project, which is due to complete later this year, supplying elite indoor training facilities on the sports Ireland national sports Campus.
The new Curragh racecourse project, which will see the creation of world-class facilities on a Camiseta Stade Rennais FC par with the best anywhere in the world. The centrepiece of the redevelopment will see the creation of a major new grandstand, which will incorporate five star corporate facilities, restaurants, bars and superb checking out facilities.
Connacht Rugby’s redevelopment plans, which include a new 12,000-capacity stadium – this total will be made up of a mixture of seating and terracing in new covered stands mostly on the sides of the pitch (supporters will also take pleasure in a substantially improved hospitality experience); Camiseta Real Madrid a new playing surface – full replacement of the current playing surface with an all-weather surface, ensuring the facility will be available for boosted club fixtures for teams throughout the Province; and a High performance training Centre that will include indoor rugby training facilities along with strength and conditioning, medical, nutrition and administrative.
The RDS Arena redevelopment, which will supply exceptional facilities for visitors to the Anglesea Stand, while also boosting the standard capacity for Leinster Rugby from 18,500 to 21,000. The royal Dublin society (RDS) has been approved authorization by Dublin City Council for a €26m redevelopment.
St. Patrick’s athletic FC’s new stadium plans. The type of facilities to be supplied will be agreed with the City Council but could include a library, indoor sports hall and a civic theatre. The innovative feature of the development is the inclusion of a UEFA category 3 stadium, with 12,000 covered seats and all modern facilities, at first floor level.
Building on success
The inaugural ALSD international event was held in London last October, where it attracted 251 registered attendees, 30+ industry-leading exhibitors and sponsors, and a detailed conference program, all expertly delivered by the organisers, the association of luxury Suite Directors (ALSD), in teamwork with the European Arenas association (EAA) and sports venue service (SVB). Some 120 attendees took part in behind-the-scenes excursions of Wembley Stadium’s Club Wembley, The SSE Arena Wembley and Fulham FC’s Craven Cottage.
The Camiseta Selección de fútbol de Irán high-level delegates in attendance represented entities such as AS Roma, AC Milan, Arena Riga, Chelsea FC, Saku Arena, D.LIVE, Tottenham Hotspur, Van Wagner sports & Entertainment, Red Bull Racing, Jacksonville Jaguars, Manchester City, Manchester United, real Madrid, TAURON Arena, The O2 Prague, Stockholm Live, Barclaycard Arena Hamburg, Scottish event Campus, AFL Architects, The sports Consultancy, Connacht Rugby, Sportsdigita, Madison Square Garden and Valhalla Tickets.
The conference program featured a stellar speaker lineup of 60+ top industry executives from across Europe and the United States, including The FA Group, Canadian Football League, The Aspire Group, real Betis Balompie, Ahoy Rotterdam, Johan Cruijff ArenA,null