Sodexo has won an eight-year catering and hospitality contract at the John Smith’s Stadium in West Yorkshire, providing matchday and non-matchday hospitality, retail catering and conference and events catering and sales.
Sodexo will also provide the catering for the stadium’s home teams: Huddersfield Town Football Club and Huddersfield Giants Rugby League Club.
A major leisure destination in the North, the John Smith’s Stadium is located just outside the centre of Huddersfield in West Yorkshire close to the M62.
The 24,500-seater stadium has an impressive Business and Conference Centre and plans are in place for a retail café operation at the stadium.
Jeremy Dicks, divisional director for Sodexo Prestige, Sodexo’s Sports, Leisure & Travel division, said: “This is an exciting new partnership enabling us to build on our existing stadia portfolio in the North. We look forward to using our wealth of experience in sports stadia catering and hospitality as well as sales of conference and events space to the benefit of the John Smith’s stadium.”
Nigel Clibbens, chief executive, Huddersfield Town FC, said: “Catering is a vitally important part of the supporter experience on a matchday and also at club events. We look forward to working together with Sodexo in a new way that will bring real improvements and be beneficial for everyone.’”