Venue & Stadium Staffing

Game day staffed before the gates open

Staffing software for Australian stadiums, arenas and festival sites — per-day areas and positions, capacity-based bidding that lets your casual pool staff the event for you, and geofenced clock-in that proves who showed.

30 Days
Free trial, no card required
100s
Of casual slots filled by bidding
Waitlist
Backups queued automatically
Geofenced
Clock-in at the venue gates
Venue staffing challenges we solve

A stadium needs twelve people Tuesday and three hundred Saturday. Here's how RosterMates absorbs that swing.

The Tuesday–Saturday Swing

A skeleton operations crew all week, then hundreds on event day. Weekly rosters run the venue; the events calendar runs the surge — one system, no crossover mess.

Every Area, Every Session

Gates, bars, corporate suites, merchandise, cloakrooms — each area gets its own positions, times and headcount per day, so the bump-in Thursday and sold-out Saturday look nothing alike.

Filling Hundreds of Slots

You don't hand-place 200 casuals — you publish the positions and let them bid from the app. Confirm the ones you want; the rest queue on a waitlist as backups.

The Night-Before Drop-Out

Someone pulls out of tomorrow's concert at 10pm. The waitlist already holds your replacement — confirm them in a tap and their phone delivers the good news.

RSAs at Every Bar

Bar positions only go to current RSA holders — position approvals enforce it, and expiry reminders keep the casual pool's certificates current between seasons.

Who Actually Showed?

Geofenced clock-in at the venue turns event-day attendance into a live dashboard. No clipboards at the gate, no disputes at payroll.

Venue staffing features

Purpose-built tools for stadiums, arenas, showgrounds and festival operators.

Events Calendar

  • Every event on one month view, colour-coded
  • Multi-day events with independent day configs
  • Bump-in and bump-out days staffed separately
  • The weekly operations roster untouched
  • Duty managers run their own events via permissions

Capacity Slots & Bidding

  • Set a headcount per position — slots create themselves
  • Open slots for bidding from the casual pool
  • Confirm applicants; extras queue on the waitlist
  • Remaining gaps always visible at a glance
  • Drop-outs replaced from the queue in a tap

Event-Day Attendance

  • Geofenced GPS clock-in at the venue
  • Live dashboard of who's on site
  • Late clock-in alerts before sessions start
  • Hours recorded to the minute per person
  • Kiosk option for staff entrances

Licences & Inductions

  • RSAs tracked to expiry across the casual pool
  • Crowd-control and security licences recorded
  • Venue inductions as digital forms before day one
  • Position approvals gate licensed roles
  • Reminders before certificates lapse

Crowd-Scale Communication

  • Event briefings broadcast to the whole crew
  • Read receipts confirm who's seen the callsheet
  • Per-area channels on event day
  • Publish notifications the moment shifts confirm
  • No personal numbers handed to casuals

Event Payroll

  • Event hours flow into standard timesheets
  • Weekends and holidays identifiable in the export
  • Payroll-ready files for Xero, MYOB, KeyPay & Employment Hero
  • Labour cost per event, per area
  • Custom CSV matched to your payroll's import
A week in the life: venue staffing manager

How RosterMates helps Priya staff a 20,000-seat stadium with a casual pool of 350.

Monday — Event Setup

Saturday's double-header goes on the calendar: gates, six bars, corporate level and cloakrooms configured per session, 240 positions across the day. Ten minutes of clicking, not a spreadsheet week.

Tuesday — Bidding Opens

Positions publish to the casual pool. By Wednesday morning 310 applications are in; Priya confirms 240 and lets 70 queue on waitlists, heaviest on the bars.

Thursday — RSA Sweep

The system flags two confirmed bar staff whose RSAs expire Friday. Both get renewal links; one renews, one is swapped for the top of the bar waitlist. Crisis un-had.

Friday 9 PM — Drop-Outs

Four withdrawals overnight. Four taps on the waitlists and four phones light up with confirmed shifts — done from the couch during the footy.

Saturday — Gates Open

Casuals geofence-clock in as they arrive; the dashboard climbs to 236 of 240 by gate time. The four no-shows are visible instantly and the areas rebalance before the anthem.

Monday — The Wash-Up

Event hours sit matched on timesheets, labour cost per area totalled against the event. Approve, export payroll-ready, send the client the staffing report. Next event's already on the calendar.

Why venues choose RosterMates

The surge staffed by the pool itself — with proof of every hour.

Hundreds of slots filled by bidding, not phone calls
Waitlists turn drop-outs into one-tap replacements
Every area and session configured independently
Geofenced clock-in makes attendance a dashboard
RSAs and licences current across the whole casual pool
Event labour costed per area and exported payroll-ready
Venue staffing FAQs

Common questions from venue and event staffing managers.

Each event lives on its own calendar with per-day areas — gates, bars, corporate boxes, cloakrooms — and positions with capacities. Fill slots by assigning staff directly or open them for bidding so your casual pool applies from the app; extras queue on a waitlist as ready-made backups.
Yes — that's the point of bidding. Publish the positions, and casuals see them in the app beside their regular shifts. You confirm the applicants you want; everyone beyond capacity lands on the waitlist, so a Friday drop-out has a Saturday replacement already queued.
Geofenced GPS clock-in works at the venue itself — staff can only clock in once they're inside the radius you set. On a day with 200 casuals through the gates, attendance is a live dashboard, not a clipboard.
Yes. The permanent operations team runs on standard weekly rosters while events run on the events calendar — separate views, one system, one profile per person, and hours from both flow into the same timesheets and payroll export.
Yes. RSAs, security licences, first aid and any venue induction are recorded per person with expiry dates and reminders — and position approvals mean the bar positions only ever go to current RSA holders.
The waitlist is your answer: confirm the next queued applicant in a tap and their phone tells them they're on. No waitlist for that position? Push it as an open offer to qualified casuals and the first acceptance fills it.
Event hours land on timesheets like any others — matched to the event shift, with weekends identifiable and public holidays split per your state calendar — then export payroll-ready for Xero, MYOB, KeyPay (Employment Hero Payroll) or Employment Hero. Your payroll applies the rates your award or agreement sets.
Yes. Role-based permissions let each event or duty manager configure and staff their own events while venue management keeps oversight of the whole calendar.