The future of the fan experience will likely lie in the palm of your hand

Shane Schick tells stories that help people innovate, and to…
The new year and the new decade couldn’t have gotten off to a much better start for Daniel Hopp.
The managing director of SAP Arena Mannheim in Germany was having the kind of run that makes a sports and entertainment venue thrive.
With some kind of event being held every second day in the 15,000-seat facility, Hopp and his team were on track for the best year since opening in 2005.
You all know what happened next.
Like similar venues around the world, SAP Arena was effectively shut down by Coronavirus, and is now struggling to figure out exactly how to welcome back fans, and what kind of customer experience it will need to deliver as part of it.
Speaking in a session during SAP’s SAPPHIRE Unplugged series, Hopp said
Shane Schick tells stories that help people innovate, and to manage the change innovation brings. He is the former Editor-in-Chief of Marketing magazine and has also been Vice-President, Content & Community (Editor-in-Chief), at IT World Canada, a technology columnist with the Globe and Mail and Yahoo Canada and is the founding editor of ITBusiness.ca. Shane has been recognized for journalistic excellence by the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance and the Canadian Online Publishing Awards.