Normal Operation House Rules
General
The foundation and the power of enforcement of the Standard House Rules for the Letzigrund Stadium, Zurich, are based upon domiciliary law, private law as well as public law provisions. They are furthermore based upon SFL guidelines and provisions and comply with FIFA, UEFA, SFV and IAAF provisions.
The Letzigrund Stadium is under video surveillance for safety reasons.
Scope
The House Rules form an integral part of the right of admission granted to visitors to the public facilities of the Letzigrund Stadium, Zurich. They apply to the entire enclosed public stadium site and to the parking spaces, encompassing the area indicated on a separate site map. The site map is included with the Standard House Rules. The rules apply on days on which no events are taking place and when the site is open to members of the public.
Objectives of the House Rules
The objectives of the House Rules are:
to prevent danger or injury/damage to persons and objects;
to protect the stadium from damage and litter;
to preserve the long-term character of the stadium, and its site, in its capacity as an inner-city stadium.
Visiting
> The site is open to the public and may only be visited by persons who safeguard public order. It is prohibited
- to disrupt public safety and order;
- to harass, to alarm or to endanger persons or animals;
- to improperly use alarm systems, emergency calls or emergency signals;
- to damage or to litter the site or the stadium;
- to cause a public nuisance or to offend common decency;
- to visit the site outside opening hours.
> Driving and parking on the site is only allowed with a special permit. All restrictions must be respected. This does not apply to the public underground car park. In addition, the Road Traffic Regulations (Strassenverkehrsordnung) apply to the whole site.
> The parking spaces in the underground car park are accessible to members of the public. Some or all of the underground car park is closed to public access during events. The opening hours are displayed in the entrance area. Vehicles left in the underground car park after it has closed will be towed away at the owner's expense.
Conduct on the site
> All persons entering the site must behave in such a manner that no other person is injured, endangered or – to a greater degree than is unavoidable under the circumstances – hindered or harassed.
> All persons entering the site must obey the instructions of the police, fire brigade, security staff, officials and rescue services. Any person who wilfully or negligently fails to obey these instructions may be ordered to leave the site by the security staff, the officials or the police.
> All entry and exit routes as well as the emergency, escape and rescue routes must be kept clear. Irrespective of these House Rules, additional necessary restrictions may be imposed on a one-off basis to prevent or to remove threats to life, health hazards or risks to property. Directives issued by the police or the security staff and officials for this purpose must be obeyed.
> All persons entering the site give their consent, irrevocably and for all current and future media, to their image and their voice being used, free of charge, in photographs, live transmissions, broadcasts and/or recordings of images and/or sound which are produced by the stadium operator or the respective event organiser or its representatives in conjunction with the stadium visit or event.
Prohibited actions
Unless authorised by the stadium operator (City of Zurich Sports Department) or the event organiser, all persons entering the site are prohibited from
a) climbing on or over buildings and structures intended for general use, particularly facades, railings, walls, fences, barriers, lighting systems, video-camera platforms, trees, masts of all kinds and roofs;
b) entering areas (e.g. function rooms, VIP and media areas, etc.) not open to members of the public or which members of the public are not authorised to access;
c) lighting fires, lighting or setting off fireworks, flares, smoke powder, smoke bombs or other pyrotechnic items;
d) writing on, painting on or sticking material to buildings, structures or paths;
e) answering the call of nature outside the toilets or littering the site by discarding objects – rubbish, packaging, empty containers, etc.;
f) restricting or impeding circulation areas, paths, roads, access routes to and from the visitors' areas and escape routes;
g) standing on the seats in the spectator areas;
h) skateboarding, in-line skating or cycling etc. or exercising dogs on the site;
i) stepping onto the pitch or entering the athletics facilities;
f) smoking in any enclosed space, including the underground car park and toilets.
Smoking is only permitted outdoors.
Liability
Visitors enter the site at their own risk.
The stadium operator (City of Zurich Sports Department) or the respective event organiser shall have unlimited liability, in accordance with the statutory regulations, for fatal injuries, physical injuries or health impairments culpably caused by the stadium operator (City of Zurich Sports Department) or the respective event organiser.
In other respects, the stadium operator (City of Zurich Sports Department) or the respective event organiser shall only be liable for damages which it, its statutory representatives or agents have caused deliberately or through gross negligence, unless essential contractual obligations have been affected.
Except in cases of deliberate acts, the liability of the stadium operator (City of Zurich Sports Department) or of the respective event organiser shall be limited to compensation for the foreseeable, typical contractual loss, unless it has breached essential contractual obligations through gross negligence.
Accidents or damage must be reported without delay.
Contraventions
> If the behavioural requirements of these House Rules are breached, then the stipulated sanctions (expulsion, stadium ban, fine and/or criminal charges) may be imposed upon the offender, with the right to claim compensation through legal channels being reserved in all cases.
> Every contravention of the House Rules and, in particular, all behaviour which jeopardises safety shall entitle the security staff and officials to expel the offender from the stadium or from the site.
> Persons whose behaviour is in breach of these House Rules or who otherwise jeopardise safety within the stadium or on the site may be banned from the Letzigrund Stadium, Zurich.
> The relevant information pertaining to the respective incident, including personal details, which are collected within the framework of taking action against a breach of these House Rules, shall be made available to the relevant authorities in order to enable a criminal investigation to be initiated, as well as to the responsible bodies (e.g. the judiciary, the police, etc.) for the purpose of ascertaining the appropriate measures, specifically to impose a national stadium ban.
> In the event of a stadium ban being imposed, the offender or offenders shall, in any case, be required to pay a flat rate fine to cover the cost of the investigation into the incident and administrative expenses amounting to CHF 1500. The right to claim compensation through legal channels is reserved.
> Fines and/or other claims which are imposed on the event organiser and/or owner of the stadium as a consequence of a breach of the House Rules or due to other misconduct by visitors may subsequently be passed on to the offender(s).
> Criminal offences and administrative offences shall always result in a formal complaint being filed.
Sound and image recordings
All persons entering the stadium recognise that they may only make and/or transmit sound and/or image recordings and/or descriptions of the stadium for private purposes. It is, in any case, prohibited to transmit sound material and/or images and descriptions, whether wholly or in part, via the Internet, radio, television or other current and/or future media technologies, or to support other persons in the execution of such activities.
Concluding provisions
> These Standard House Rules come into force on 24 August 2007.
> The current version of the House Rules shall be made available to visitors by suitable means (publication on the website of the stadium, on billboards on the site or in the stadium).
Zurich, 2 May 2011
The Stadium Management: Peter Landolt, Stadium Manager