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• Safe Standing Area At Huddersfield Town’s Accu Stadium. • SoFi Stadium Unifies Security Operations With Genetec. • Rochdale AFC Gets Supporters Back In The Game.


8 HOW EVENTS STAY CONNECTED


• Every stadium has two operations running at once. There's the one the audience sees and the one they don't: the constant coordination between teams working across the venue to keep everything running smoothly.


14 MAINTENANCE CHALLENGES


• With thousands of visitors, varied occupancy patterns and diverse venue usage, maintaining sports facilities presents a unique set of challenges. Anoop Bhasin outlines the key maintenance pressures facing FM's.


14 20 CAN WE HOST A WORLD CUP?


• Can the UK build enough stadia for a World Cup? To be set up effectively for a future tournament, a roll-out of modern stadia, forming an effective part of local communities and infrastructure, must begin in earnest.


22 STRENGTHENING ROOTZONES


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• With increased usage and higher expectations, pitches are under constant pressure to perform and remain stable, resilient, and reliable week after week. For many turf managers, that performance is increasingly linked to one key factor: the rootzone.


24 DELIVERING PUBLIC SAFETY


• Laura Gibb, Executive Director at the Security Industry Authority, reflects on the impact of Martyn’s Law on football and stadium managers and the importance of building a culture of protective security.


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30 PROTECTIVE STADIA COATINGS


• Protective coatings and flooring are a foundational element of stadium performance, providing functions such as fire and corrosion protection, slip resistance, aesthetics and wayfinding. Yet despite being part of the very fabric of the building, decisions around them are often left too late...


32 THE CULTURE BEHIND THE CAREER


• Some cultures are built to be talked about. Others are simply lived, one decision at a time. Ask anyone who has built a long career in cleaning what actually kept them there, and the honest answer is rarely “the industry” itself. It's staying with an employer who genuinely cares, who invests in developing their people...


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