The Rugby Football Union and Levy Restaurants UK, the sports, leisure and hospitality sector of Compass Group UK & Ireland, have announced the renewal of contracts to continue their joint venture, Twickenham Experience Ltd.
The partnership provides all match day catering, hospitality and bar services, as well as non-match day catering, conference and event management at Twickenham Stadium and has been in existence since 2000.
This 10-year contract extension is worth over £30m in annual revenues to the RFU Group - with the profits facilitating investment back into the game at all levels. The renewed venture will deliver all match day retail and hospitality food and beverage operations for the 82,000-capacity stadium, as well as continuing to grow the non-match day conference and events business at the venue.
As part of the RFU’s £76m commitment to creating a state-of-the-art, connected stadium, there has been significant investment in the delivery of catering and hospitality services at Twickenham, Levy says. In the past year, 17 public bars have been upgraded, there has been continued investment into the West Car Park Fan Village facilities and new technologies being incorporated to enhance customer experiences.
Last year the Twickenham Experience public bars and catering units served in excess of 1m event-day guests at 19 events and over 49,000 hospitality covers were catered for on match days. The non-match day conference and events business achieved revenues of £4.5m.