The stadium accommodates crowds of nearly 50,000. 29 VIP boxes and over 1,200 business seats round off the attractive range on offer. The arena also regularly presents prominent audience favourites during the season. Thanks to blueSmart, the necessary change of locking rights – i.e. in the changing rooms – can now take place in only an hour. Previously, one employee was occupied for two days replacing the mechanical door cylinders for each event. Now every person receiving access authorisation is simply given a blueSmart key. Their locking rights automatically expire after the event is finished.

The number of lost keys also added up and became an ever greater security problem. So the stadium manager, Hannover 96 Arena GmbH & Co. KG, decided to purchase an electronic locking system. Before the final decision was made, a tender process and a three-month test phase was carried out, during which blueSmart proved its worth admirably. The doors were converted quickly and easily. The high-performance technology also works without knobs, which are often the target of vandalism and can also be used as a climbing aid. The customer was also impressed with the many advantages of virtual networking.