"Arenas of the Future" explains complex technologies in a comprehensible way. As an attractive reference book, it will support managers and technical experts when an arena is to be planned, when parts of a stadium or technological solutions shall be renewed or when existent technology has to be brought up to date. With this book, typical mistakes during the planning process that may result in high additional costs can be avoided. Investors, club managers, facility managers and city planners get a comprehensive view of how modern technologies help to create smart solutions for stadiums and their environment, making the arena a sustainable investment in the long term. Engineers, planners and architects are provided with a wealth of information on technical details from all disciplines of stadium technology. The book also shows, how intelligent interaction of state of the art technologies helps to master the extreme situations of days with and without event or match economically reasonable and in a sustainable way, thus saving a lot of money in the medium and long term. It helps to translate the demands by FIFA and UEFA into practicable solutions and to create a pleasant place to stay for fans and their communities. The solutions described in this book have been implemented and permanently improved in about 150 stadiums worldwide during the last few years.