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.
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.
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
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.
The surge staffed by the pool itself — with proof of every hour.
Common questions from venue and event staffing managers.