{"id":7861,"date":"2025-09-10T16:40:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T14:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/b19.be\/agenda\/afterwork-michiel-van-der-heyden-ceo-van-the-arena-group\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T14:36:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T12:36:10","slug":"afterwork-michiel-van-der-heyden-ceo-van-the-arena-group","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/b19.be\/nl\/agenda\/afterwork-michiel-van-der-heyden-ceo-van-the-arena-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Afterwork : Michiel Van der Heyden, CEO van The Arena Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><strong>Michiel Vanderheyden,<\/strong> CEO van The Arena Group, is een man die van aanpakken weet en \u00e9\u00e9n uitdrukking uit zijn woordenschat heeft gebannen: gemiste\u00a0opportuniteiten!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Als hij wereldstadions bezoekt op dagen dat er geen wedstrijden worden gespeeld, gaan zijn haren recht overeind staan. Hij\u00a0ziet dan geen lege banken, maar gemiste opportuniteiten. Stadions zijn per definitie\u00a0geschikt om\u00a0personeelsfeesten, teambuildings en congressen te organiseren.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>All Doors closed or all gates open? Of hoe meer inkomsten halen uit je voetbalstadion?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Na de ingebruikname van de Ghelamco Arena in Gent, werd de groep opgericht om het meest recente voetbalstadion in Belgi\u00eb ook op niet-wedstrijddagen te laten renderen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Op 15\/10 komt u alles te weten over dit concept\u00a0waarbij het stadion gebruikt wordt voor bedrijfs- en andere evenementen. Thuisbasis blijft Gent, maar inmiddels is het concept ook uitgerold in Nederland en is er een samenwerking met 6 Nederlands clubs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Moderator: <strong>Marl\u00e8ne de Wouters<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\ufeff<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Les occasions manqu\u00e9es n\u2019existent pas dans son vocabulaire.\u00a0\u00a0C\u2019est avec cette conviction que <strong>Michiel Vanderheyden<\/strong>, CEO The Arena Group, r\u00e9invente la fonction des stades. L\u00e0 ou certains voient des tribunes d\u00e9sertes, lui voit un potentiel infini.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Un stade est par nature un lieu de rassemblement, propice aux \u00e9v\u00e9nements, aux congr\u00e8s et aux moments d\u2019\u00e9quipe.\u00a0Un espace id\u00e9al pour des f\u00eates de personnel, des team building ou des congr\u00e8s.\u00a0<\/span><span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>All doors closed or all gates open?\u00a0<\/span><span><br \/><\/span><span>Depuis l\u2019ouverture de la Ghelamco Arena, The Arena Group d\u00e9montre qu\u2019un stade peut vibrer 365 jours par an.<\/span><span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><br \/><\/span><span>Moderatrice: <strong>Marl\u00e8ne de Wouters<\/strong><\/span><span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><br \/><\/span><span><strong>\ud83d\udd52<\/strong><\/span><span><strong> <\/strong><\/span><span><strong>Tijdstip: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span>18u30-19u00: welkom<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span>19u00-20u00: Interview en Q&amp;A<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>20u00-21u00: drink &amp; networking<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michiel Vanderheyden, CEO van The Arena Group, is een man die van aanpakken weet en \u00e9\u00e9n uitdrukking uit zijn woordenschat heeft gebannen: gemiste\u00a0opportuniteiten!\u00a0 Als hij wereldstadions bezoekt op dagen dat er geen wedstrijden worden gespeeld, gaan zijn haren recht overeind staan. Hij\u00a0ziet dan geen lege banken, maar gemiste opportuniteiten. Stadions zijn per definitie\u00a0geschikt om\u00a0personeelsfeesten, teambuildings [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8086,"template":"","class_list":["post-7861","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Afterwork : Michiel Van der Heyden, CEO van The Arena Group - B19<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/b19.be\/nl\/agenda\/afterwork-michiel-van-der-heyden-ceo-van-the-arena-group\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"nl_BE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Afterwork : Michiel Van der Heyden, CEO van The Arena Group - B19\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Michiel Vanderheyden, CEO van The Arena Group, is een man die van aanpakken weet en \u00e9\u00e9n uitdrukking uit zijn woordenschat heeft gebannen: gemiste\u00a0opportuniteiten!\u00a0 Als hij wereldstadions bezoekt op dagen dat er geen wedstrijden worden gespeeld, gaan zijn haren recht overeind staan. 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