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Ghent stadium is growing into an ideal corona-proof event location
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16 October 2020

The Ghent Ghelamco Arena is buzzing with activity. These days the Arena Group guides and organizes various events for larger audiences, which are received completely corona-proof. HoGent uses the stadium for graduation ceremonies, UGent is organizing lessons for first-year students and Niels Destadsbader is preparing for his first series of concerts in months.


The Arena Group gained extensive experience in organizing events last summer, fully in accordance with the new corona guidelines. More than 50 open air concerts were organized in the Ghent stadium between mid-July and mid-August. Everything went smoothly and safely, partly due to the deployment of stewards who showed the public the way and supervised the corona measures such as mouth mask, hand hygiene and respect for social distancing.


Because of its large capacity on a covered open-air grandstand, the availability of many large spaces and separate entrances and exits, the Ghelamco Arena is an ideal location to organize corona-proof events. The air conditioning system in the interior spaces was also adapted to purify the air extra. The stadium is therefore suitable for safely hosting corporate events for a limited group as well as for larger groups of several hundred people.


HoGent and UGent are guests


"This week, for example, the graduation ceremonies of HoGent will take place in the stadium," explains Barbara Stevens of the Arena Group. “The students and their parents can take a seat in their own bubble in the stands, with respect for social distancing. By bringing them together for the presentation, it is a great way to end their studies. ”


These days Ghent University organizes lessons in the supporters' promenade. “It mainly concerns lessons for first-year students, who have to register in advance. They can take a seat at tables that are set at a sufficient distance from each other and still follow the online lessons in group via a laptop and their own headphones. In this way, the university wants to offer first-year students a safe place to study and still provide some support at the start of the new academic year. ”


November is the month of Niels

November will then again be Niels Destadsbader's month in Ghelamco. He will be able to welcome 1,200 fans there at least seven times. The audience is divided into 3 groups of 400 people, who each enter the stadium via a separate entrance and exit. That way the groups do not come into contact with each other. In the stands, the fans remain in their own bubble, at a distance from the other visitors. During the concert they have to stay seated to respect the social distancing. Food boxes are used for catering, which must be reserved in advance, so that risks are also avoided at the collection point.


The same possibilities in Anderlecht and Genk

"All these events prove that we can indeed receive and guide larger groups of people in a perfectly safe way in the Ghelamco Arena", says Michiel Vanderheyden of the Arena Group. "In the meantime, our group offers the same possibilities in the Lotto Park in Anderlecht and the Luminus Arena in Genk. We can adapt our setting to meet the specific needs of our partners. And we draw on our extensive experience to ensure that everything runs smoothly. and run safely. Interested parties can certainly come and have a look. "

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