The Stadium Events & Hospitality Awards 2020 Open For Entries
The Stadium Events & Hospitality Awards 2020 have launched, with 14 categories now open for entries.
Stadium Experience Members
Your venue will be judged on the entire matchday experience, including efficiency pre-match, professionalism and customer service on the day with the main focus being on the catering and service experience. To enter, you must provide two places in hospitality at a match of your choice (ideally a Saturday match), with parking, in a non-exclusive suite that is available to purchase by the general public*. Tickets must be sent to Stadium Experience which will be sent to the judge at least 10 days prior to the match experience, along with the judging reporting pack. Venues with multiple clubs may enter one club per awards year.
*Must be hospitality packages sold match by match, which are available for individual purchase by the general public.
Entries will be accepted until 30th March 2020.
As judges diaries fill fast, we advise you to enter early to avoid disappointment! The category opens for judging from 1st October 2019, and the match must be held before Sunday 12th April 2020.
Tickets, itinerary and parking passes required at least 10 days prior to match date.
This category is judged independently by industry experts with over 20 years experience in the chef and hospitality industries. The judge will have strict criteria report pack with them, which has been developed jointly by the Head Judge and the Stadium Experience Leadership Team. The full report will be validated by the Head Judge and Stadium Experience and will be sent to you after the awards evening. The judges biography will be shared with you in advance of the fixture.
There will be a Bronze, Silver and Winner in each of the following categories:
Small Stadium = Up to 1000 Total hospitality guests
Medium Stadium = 1001 – 2000 Total hospitality guests
Large Stadium = Over 2001 Total hospitality guests
There will also be an award for the Overall Winner (taken from the total scores across the three categories).
An allocated judge and guest will visit your stadium to judge your matchday hospitality offering. Their name and biography will be shared with you. Some of the 2020 judges are listed below, with new faces to be added shortly.
| Andrew Bennett (Head Judge) | Geoff Acott | Gerald Roser |
| Rod Bowker | Graham Crump | Neil Thomson |
| Mark James | Donald Leitch | Anton Endelmann |
| Andrew Green | David McKown | Martyn Lawson |
IMPORTANT
To complete the form successfully, you must download the form and complete it using Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat on your PC or Mac. The form cannot be completed and submitted through your web browser. You can download Adobe Reader for free below.
30/03/2020
Free. You must provide tickets, hospitality and parking.
The Stadium Events & Hospitality Awards 2020 have launched, with 14 categories now open for entries.
Stadium Experience is pleased to announce that the 15th annual Stadium Events & Hospitality Awards will be returning to Liverpool for 2020.
Specialist events and hospitality teams from 50+ football and rugby club venues across the UK and Ireland have celebrated their ‘off the pitch’ successes at the 14th Stadium Events & Hospitality Awards 2019.
Verteda deliver IT solutions that enable your business to streamline operations, enhance customer satisfaction, increase workforce productivity and maximise revenue and profitability.
verteda.comFind out how Stadium Experience can help you
Find Out More