Why Gothenburg’s event organizers choose OpenPOS.
Ringö Arena keeps the pace — even when the whole night happens at once.
Ringö Arena is one of Gothenburg’s most uniquely flexible event spaces. With both indoor and outdoor areas, the arena hosts everything from underground music nights and metal shows to corporate events and summer dance festivals. One weekend it’s reggae, the next it’s techno, and then a 1,500-person outdoor event.
With constantly shifting formats, staff teams, and audience flows, the POS system needs to adapt — not the other way around.
That’s why Ringö Arena chose OpenPOS.
A venue built to change — night by night
Ringö Arena is designed to transform. Some events need one bar, others need four. Some require an intimate room for 100 guests; others fill the entire 2,000 sqm area.
Crowds shift quickly. The beat changes. The staffing changes.
The only constant is that everything must work — fast.
The challenge: A fast-moving environment with no room for friction
Before OpenPOS, the arena worked with a bundled event system that handled both tickets and bar sales. It worked, but wasn’t flexible enough for the pace and variation Ringö needed.
They needed:
- Short contract terms — not locked-in multi-year agreements
- Fast training — because staff shifts event to event
- High-speed checkout during peak hours
- A system that could scale up and down depending on the night
- Real support from real people when things happen at night — not later
In nightlife and event business, the POS is either invisible or a problem.
They needed invisible.
The solution: OpenPOS
Ringö Arena chose OpenPOS because it was the only system that matched their reality.
What made the difference:
- Flexible licensing
→ Easy to add or remove terminals depending on the event.
- Web-based BackOffice
→ Menu changes and product setup can be done in minutes.
- Mobile devices as POS terminals
→ Staff can sell fast, one-handed, in crowded bars.
- Stable and fast payment flow
→ Including verified Swish payments and automatic end-of-night reports.
Results
Ringö Arena now runs events with less stress and more control, regardless of scale.
- Faster payments during peak rush
- Staff onboard in minutes, not hours
- Reliable payment confirmations — no lost revenue
- Automatic end-of-event reports
- A system that holds up under pressure, not just in theory
“Fast” isn’t a bonus here — it’s survival.
OpenPOS makes fast feel easy.
Support that understands nightlife
For Ringö Arena, support is not a Monday-to-Friday issue. Pressure happens at midnight.
OpenPOS is local to Gothenburg.
People answer the phone.
Problems get solved in the moment — not later.
The tools behind the experience
Building forward — with the city’s nightlife
As Ringö expands into more summer events, outdoor bars, and larger formats, OpenPOS will scale with it — not slow it down.
Because the rhythm of the night doesn’t wait.
And the POS shouldn’t, either.
Web-based BackOffice
– full control from anywhere
Stable operation without interruptions
Secure, personal support
Increased sales
and faster service
