Sponsorship Opportunities

The Stadium Events and Hospitality Awards offers unique and prestigious sponsorship opportunities.  The event recognises the fantastic commitment of the matchday hospitality and specialist event teams that work tirelessly behind the scenes at major football, rugby and cricket venues across the UK & Ireland.

The last awards were held at Manchester City Football Club in 2019.  See the video below.

2019 Awards Video

Following the latest Government updates on the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic, the awards programme hopes to resume for 2022. This is to allow our stadium venues the opportunity to re-open and operate in a more consistent manner.  This will also provide the appropriate time required for both award applications and the full judging processes, which usually takes place over a period of several months.  All existing paid sponsorships, award entries and ticket bookings will automatically be moved to the 2022 awards event. View the latest announcement.

The Next Awards: The next Stadium Events & Hospitality Awards event will be held on Thursday 26th May 2022 at Liverpool Football Club.  This will be the 15th annual awards event, and the 20th Anniversary of Stadium Experience.  More details will follow in due course.

The Audience: The awards are an excellent opportunity to raise your profile to top stadia venues (football, rugby and cricket), with over 400 guests in attendance on the night, from around 40 stadium venues across the UK and Ireland.  Guests include decision-makers from teams such as sales, conference and events, matchday hospitality, chef teams, public catering teams, operational departments and senior management attending to share the celebrations and network.

2022 Sponsorship Opportunities

If you would like to get involved in the 2022 awards or have any queries or ideas, please contact 0345 226 5494 or email office@stadiumexperience.com to discuss sponsorship opportunities to suit your business needs.

Headline Sponsor – £5,250* – SOLD

Sponsored by Carlsberg UK

• Sponsor logo to be incorporated into the Stadium Events and Hospitality Awards Logo, as ‘Official Sponsor’.
• Front row table of 10 to the awards evening.
• Two minute welcome introduction on stage at the awards evening.
• Category Sponsorship of the Overall Matchday Hospitality Award – Present the final prestigious awards of the evening.
• Option to name the Welcome Drink Reception / After Party after your company or product.
• Opportunity to put marketing materials / gifts on tables on the event evening. *Subject to suitability and availability.
• A dedicated press release to announce your support.
• Your branding included on the official awards website, with links to your website.
• Your branding on event screens throughout the evening.
• Your branding on all event literature; pre-event, on the evening and post event.
• Your branding included on all awards press releases & adverts.
• Social Media support from Stadium Experience – Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.
• Your contact details sent to all attendees of the event for future business development.
• Ad-hoc suggestions – Is there something a little different you’d like to do?  Just let us know…

Category Sponsor – £795* per category

• Two tickets to the awards evening (worth £130 each).
• Your branding included on the award category entry form, main awards web pages, and category web page (linked to your website).
• Officially present the Bronze, Silver and Winner awards on stage.
• Appear in official event photos taken on stage.
• Opportunity to supply information/gifts for each guest in the awards gift bags.
• Your branding included on all event literature; pre-event, on the evening and post event.
• Your branding on event screens throughout the evening.
• Social Media support from Stadium Experience – Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.
• Your contact details sent to all attendees of the event for future business development.

Categories:

*NEW* Best Retail Catering Award – SOLD – Sponsored by Kepak Convenience Foods. Judged by a panel of independent industry experts.

Visiting Football Directors Awards – SOLD – Sponsored by FC Business. Voted for by the club’s board of directors when they visit an away match.

Visiting Rugby Directors Award – SOLD – Voted for by the club’s board of directors when they visit an away match.

Non-Matchday Mystery Shopper Award – AVAILABLE – Judged by HGEM in a mystery shopper style telephone call enquiry and follow up process.

Chef Team of the Year Award – SOLD – Sponsored by Chef Works – Judged as part of the live kitchen event taking place at the HRC Event in London this March.

Shining Star Award – SOLD – Sponsored by Taste Coffee.  Judged by a panel of independent industry experts.

Operations Team of the Year Award – SOLD – Sponsored by Braehead Foods. Judged by a panel of independent industry experts.

Non-Matchday Sales Team of the Year Award – SOLD – Sponsored by Special Occasion Linen. Judged by a panel of independent industry experts.

Matchday Sales Team of the Year Award – SOLD – Sponsored by Green Gourmet. Judged by a panel of independent industry experts.

Best Stadium Events Venue Award – SOLD – Sponsored by Hi-Impact Media – Judged by a panel of independent industry experts.

Matchday Hospitality Award – SOLD – Sponsored by Verteda.  Judged by an expert Salon Culinaire judge attending a hospitality experience.  This category is divided into small, medium and large (by number of hospitality seats), with bronze, silver and winner presented to each.  Sponsorship of the 3 sized categories is available for £2,250, and includes 4 tickets to the event.

Champagne Award Sponsor – SOLD

25 bottles supplied by Lanson International

Other Possible Sponsorship Opportunities…

Award Presentation Plates Sponsor

Sponsored by Steelite International

Award Presentation Boxes Sponsor

Sponsored by Copa Product

Awards AV Support

Sponsored by Fisher AV

Awards Room Décor

Awards Compere

Confirmed for 2021

Awards Entertainment

Awards Gift Bags

Awards Table Water

Other Opportunities

We would also be keen to explore opportunities with businesses wishing to showcase their products or services at the awards evening.

Additional Tickets

Enhance your sponsorship package with additional tickets to the event, priced at £130* per ticket.

Contact Us

For any enquiries or to express an interest in any of the packages please contact: 0345 226 5494 or office@stadiumexperience.com.

* All transactions will be subject to an administration fee of 0.5%.

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