ARAMARK Ireland, the leading integrated services provider, has won the contract to provide full catering services to Croke Park, home of Gaelic games and headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA).
The seven year contract, which took effect on 5 January 2014 and is worth over 9 million euro per annum, includes total food and beverage services across the stadium. This encompasses public concessions units, premium level catering, function and corporate suite hospitality, and all event services for the Croke Park Conference Centre and GAA Museum.
Peter McKenna, GAA Commercial and Croke Park Stadium Director said, “Catering and event services are a critical part of our delivering memorable experiences to all visitors to Croke Park. We would like to…welcome ARAMARK to our team. Their wealth of stadium specific venue experience and complimentary sustainability credentials were key elements in the contract win and we look forward to working with them to enhance our offering.”
Croke Park welcomed over 1.5 million visitors in 2013 making it one of the biggest visitor attractions in the country. Numbers are expected to be closer to 2 million in 2014 with a full calendar of GAA fixtures, concert dates beginning with One Direction in May and the inaugural Croke Park Classic American college football game in August. ARAMARK will employ approximately 1,000 people on site when the stadium is operating at full capacity for these events.