Vienna's Fanzone, organised jointly by the city of Vienna and the tournament organisers UEFA, which provided entertainment and screenings of matches on big screens. Stageco was asked to provide the structures for the main stage itself, in Rathausplatz, a large Communications Centre, the Supervision EM 2008 (a public video viewing support) and a huge experiential marketing zone for the public, Meinl's Kaffewelt, welcoming 12,000 visitors per day.
Stageco Germany had no fewer than five project managers working on the Vienna Fanzone, including Stageco Germany's managing director Werner Herbst, who project managed the structure in Rathausplaz. Here, the company provided its Micro Arch stage, which hosted a variety of DJ's, bands and up and coming stars.
The largest of the structures, Meinl's Kaffewelt, took six weeks to plan and consisted of three large temporary buildings erected on a 6m high viewing platform measuring 2,668sq.m. Two project managers Dirk Lauenstein and Marc Matern, worked on this structure, which is open to the public from 8am to midnight every day.
The Communication Centre, where the Vienna Tourism Board offers multi-lingual information to visitors, was project managed by Stageco's Michael Kelm. It was constructed in eight days from a modular system of 28 customised steel frames, creating 600sq.m of frontage and 300sq.m of outer boarding.
"The Euro 2008 project has been an enormous logistical challenge and one that we've thoroughly enjoyed meeting," says Stageco's Werner Herbst. "Coming at the heart of a busy summer season, it demonstrates the flexibility of Stageco's service and logistical abilities."
(Jim Evans)
