Digital sports park
Digitalization of Sportpark Ostra by developing a sports park app


Digitalization of Sportpark Ostra by developing a sports park app
In August 2024, the state capital Dresden opened the Heinz Steyer Stadium as a modern, multifunctional sports facility. This expansion and the further development of the Sportpark Ostra offer the opportunity to design the stadium and the surrounding Sportpark Ostra not only in terms of urban development, but also digitally and sustainably. The project aims to organize the sports park and stadium digitally and cooperatively.
The sports park app is intended to provide a digital platform for clubs, citizens, tourists and companies and enable access to offers from both the administration and private providers. The app will contribute to the automation of processes and promote the sustainability of the sports park using smart technologies. Innovative management systems and digital solutions will enable the efficient and sustainable use of resources - such as the intelligent control of irrigation.
The Sportpark App and the expansion of the entire area will be developed together with the users. Dresden's citizens, clubs, senior citizens as well as children and young people can contribute their needs and wishes to the design.
Digital booking systems and user-friendly platforms make it easier to access sports and leisure activities at Sportpark Ostra. Offers can be planned and booked flexibly, spontaneously and conveniently from home or on the move.
In addition to the Sportpark app, digital steles and displays as well as signage will provide information and orientation as a supplementary communication channel. Digital boards will provide real-time information about free spaces or arrival and departure options, among other things.
Digital solutions for reservations, events and the sustainable use of resources create added value for the entire community. Gamification tools should not be neglected either - starting with a smarte running track with digital measurement of running times.
The digitalization of the sports park provides companies and clubs with an efficient management system for planning and managing their sports and event activities. Time and resources are saved and collaboration is improved.
Sportpark Ostra offers leisure and sports facilities close to the city center for guests of nearby hotels. For companies, offers for company sports and thus a positive location factor for the economy and hotel industry are created.
In addition to sports park management, tourism, health and mobility aspects are to be integrated in order to create opportunities for cooperation with companies and other partners. Networking with the MOBILITIES for EU project will open up new opportunities for cooperation in the Ostragehege neighborhood.
Digital and smarte networking at a technical level should also generate economic and ecological added value for the management of other sports facilities in the future and offer incentives for other municipalities to adopt the solutions.
State capital Dresden
Agency for Sports Facilities Dresden