idea avant-garde, innovative, detailed, attentive. It may seem controversial but most importantly, it is an element that raises the image of the club. Elche wants to show its category in both big and small details. And so the initiative arose when the need to renovate the dressing rooms of the Martínez Valero stadium came to the fore.
Suffering from an outdated and endemic disease until then, the franciverde decided to get rid of the dampness of his presence. Complete refurbishment of player-occupied rooms before, at half-time and at the end of matches. A comprehensive reform meeting the needs of not only the local team but also the visitor.
Elche’s largest shareholder, Christian Bragarnik, He underlined to this newspaper that “the club should be proud to display a distinctive style of clothing. It seems that we shouldn’t make the same investment in the visitor’s locker room as the local, or treat him the same because he’s coming for the competition. But it is not.
“On the pitch we have to mistreat our opponent and beat him with our best means, but then we have to treat him the best”He pointed to Bragarnik.
In this way, Elche conceived the idea of equipping the guest dressing room with the same furniture and tools as the local one, as well as introducing the latest lighting technology to this space and decorating it for the event at each match.
The rival dressing room of the Elche stadium makes the visiting team feel at home. Through a system of LED lights, the right atmosphere for each event is recreated using the colors of each club. In turn, each locker has a shield for each opponent. The room is spacious and each player has a space to hang their clothes, an individual chair and a drawer under the seat where they can put their shoes. Another detail: the floor is a grass green floating floor.
“It is an honor for Xavi’s prestigious coaches or heads of other clubs to congratulate us in the locker room. For some innovative ideas we introduced. “This is what we want to keep doing,” Bragarnik says.
The leader of the Elche club is an original idea that “We have not seen in other fields, but we should also copy the initiatives that will be developed for Elche to be a good reference model in Spanish football”.
The initiative was started to be implemented against FC Barcelona. In the match played on 6 March and ended with a 1-2 win away, the club prepared a stage with Blaugrana colors and unmistakable shields. Xavi Hernández, coach of the Catalan team, congratulated the club for the comfort and atmosphere they have created in the hall.
Other competitors followed, such as Valencia, Real Sociedad, Mallorca, Osasuna, Atletico de Madrid and Getafe. Bragarnik was proud because “we have LaLiga’s prettiest locker rooms both at home and away. We are proud that a coach like Xavi has brought design and details to the fore. These things give us strength to continue to grow as a club.”
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Elche has been detailed not only with the players and the technical team, but also with the managers of the rival clubs, where it does not cease to offer a delicious snack in every match. In times of pandemic, the group attending this banquet has been maximally limited. Up to ten people entered VIP room during the break and the service was individual and presented to each restaurant in a cardboard box.
Last April 1, when a new step towards normalcy was taken and the consumption of beverages and food in stadiums was once again allowed, Elche reopened the room where meals are usually served to directors who occupy the stands of the authorities. In this venue, the Elche club also proves to be a First Division establishment providing a quality service to members and visitors.
idea avant-garde, innovative, detailed, attentive. It may seem controversial but most importantly, it is an element that raises the image of the club. Elche wants to show its category in both big and small details. And so the initiative arose when the need to renovate the dressing rooms of the Martínez Valero stadium came to the fore.
Suffering from an outdated and endemic disease until then, the franciverde decided to get rid of the dampness of his presence. Complete refurbishment of player-occupied rooms before, at half-time and at the end of matches. A comprehensive reform meeting the needs of not only the local team but also the visitor.
Elche’s largest shareholder, Christian Bragarnik, He underlined to this newspaper that “the club should be proud to display a distinctive style of clothing. It seems that we shouldn’t make the same investment in the visitor’s locker room as the local, or treat him the same because he’s coming for the competition. But it is not.
“On the pitch we have to mistreat our opponent and beat him with our best means, but then we have to treat him the best”He pointed to Bragarnik.
In this way, Elche conceived the idea of equipping the guest dressing room with the same furniture and tools as the local one, as well as introducing the latest lighting technology to this space and decorating it for the event at each match.
The rival dressing room of the Elche stadium makes the visiting team feel at home. Through a system of LED lights, the right atmosphere for each event is recreated using the colors of each club. In turn, each locker is equipped with each opponent’s shield. The room is spacious and each player has a space to hang their clothes, an individual chair and a drawer under the seat where they can put their shoes. Another detail: the floor is a grass green floating floor.
“It is an honor for Xavi’s prestigious coaches or heads of other clubs to congratulate us in the locker room. For some innovative ideas we introduced. “This is what we want to keep doing,” Bragarnik says.
The leader of the Elche club is an original idea that “We have not seen in other fields, but we should also copy the initiatives that will be developed for Elche to be a good reference model in Spanish football”.
The initiative was started to be implemented against FC Barcelona. In the match played on 6 March and ended with a 1-2 win away, the club prepared a stage with Blaugrana colors and unmistakable shields. Xavi Hernández, coach of the Catalan team, congratulated the club for the comfort and atmosphere they have created in the hall.
Other competitors followed, such as Valencia, Real Sociedad, Mallorca, Osasuna, Atletico de Madrid and Getafe. Bragarnik was proud because “we have LaLiga’s prettiest locker rooms both at home and away. We are proud that a coach like Xavi has brought design and details to the fore. These things give us strength to continue to grow as a club.”
directors
Elche has been detailed not only with the players and the technical team, but also with the managers of the rival clubs, where it does not cease to offer a delicious snack in every match. In times of pandemic, the group attending this banquet has been maximally limited. Up to ten people entered VIP room during the break and the service was individual and presented to each restaurant in a cardboard box.
Last April 1, when a new step towards normalcy was taken and the consumption of beverages and food in stadiums was once again allowed, Elche reopened the room where meals are usually served to directors who occupy the stands of the authorities. In this venue, the Elche club also proves to be a First Division establishment providing a quality service to members and visitors.