Stadium Experience Membership Grows to Record 63 Clubs
Stadium Experience has broken a new record, welcoming the highest number of member venues to the association ever in its 22-year history. Seven new clubs have signed up in the last few months, including; Aberdeen Football Club, Brentford Football Club, Exeter City Football Club, Fulham Football Club, Kent Cricket, Manchester United Football Club, and Nottingham Forest Football Club, taking the total membership now to 63 clubs across the UK.
This follows five new members joining Stadium Experience in the first quarter of 2024, which included; Blackpool Football Club, Gloucester Rugby Club, Leicester Tigers Rugby Club, Leigh Leopards Rugby Club and Manchester United Women Football Club.
Stadium Experience is a not-for-profit marketing consortium, established in 2002. The purpose of the association is to share best practice and promote stadia as unique and prestigious venues for meetings, conferences and events. Venues sign-up to jointly promote their venues, network and meet like-minded professionals from other stadium venues, share ideas and challenges, as well as participate in the prestigious Stadium Events & Hospitality Awards, now in their 17th year.
Here’s a little more about the newest venues to join Stadium Experience:
Aberdeen Football Club
Steeped in history Pittodrie Stadium is home to Aberdeen Football Club. The heartbeat of the city, Pittodrie is more than a stadium with 7 event spaces, each with their own style and story to tell, are perfect for conferences to celebrations and everything in between.
The Madri Suite is located at the top of the famous Richard Donald stand, with room to accommodate 400 delegates theatre style or 350 banquet style. Neighbouring the Madri suite and with excellent views of the pitch is our 12 executive boxes perfect for small private meetings or as breakout rooms for larger events. With over 540sqm exhibition space let Pittodrie be the venue for you. Call 01224 650400 or email pittodrieevents@afc.co.uk.
Brentford Football Club
The Gtech Community Stadium is home to Brentford Football Club in West London. The venue offers 12 event spaces, for up to 450 guests theatre style and 260 guests banquet style, as well as 6 executive boxes ideal for smaller meetings. Call 0121 457 5259 or email enquiries@brentfordfcevents.co.uk.
Exeter City Football Club
St James Park is home to Exeter City Football Club in Devon. The stadium boasts event spaces for up to 200 guests and 2 executive boxes with pitch views. The venue also offers 550sqm exhibition space. Call 01392 411243 or email commercial@ecfc.co.uk.
Fulham Football Club
Craven Cottage is the home to Fulham Football Club in London. The venue offers Fulham Pier, London’s new premium waterfront destination, with 9 event spaces for up to 500 guests. Call 0208 336 7555 or email events@fulhamfc.com.
Kent County Cricket Club
The Spitfire Ground is home to Kent County Cricket, with two grounds, the main ground located in Canterbury and out ground at Beckenham. The ground boasts 10 event spaces, able to host up to 250 guests, and 500sqm exhibition space. Call 01227 473612 or email sales-thespitfireground@centerplate.co.uk.
Manchester United Football Club
Old Trafford is the home of Manchester United Football Club. The stadium offers 29 event spaces for up to 950 delegates theatre style or 700 banquet style, and 120 executive boxes available to hire. Call 0161 676 7770 or email united.events@manutd.co.uk.
Nottingham Forest Football Club
The City Ground is home to Nottingham Forest Football Club. The stadium offers 9 different event spaces, and can welcome over 500 guests. Call 0330 123 3885 or email prestige.venuesandevents.uk@app.sodexo.com.
About Stadium Experience
Stadium Experience was established in 2002 for football venues, and evolved in 2013 to welcome rugby stadium venues too. In 2022, the association expanded further to include cricket venues for the very first time. Some examples of their activities include; sharing best practice and ideas with regular networking events each year, joint exhibition opportunities, meeting event buyers and key agencies as a consortium, regular newsletters and blogs, an annual recognitions awards celebration; The Stadium Events & Hospitality Awards and much more.
Debbie Rigney, Marketing & PR Manager for Stadium Experience, said: “2024 has been a fantastic year for Stadium Experience for breaking records. We welcomed our highest ever attendance at our annual awards earlier this month, and have now welcomed the highest number of members in our 22-year history – and we’re only halfway through the year! We now have 63 UK clubs working together with a common goal to support one another, share ideas and promote stadia as unique venues for every type of conference, meeting or event. We would love to hear from stadium venues who would like to find out more about us, and join our team!”
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