That's the dream
City Football Group - Financials & Acquisitions
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That's the dream
Nope. Not confirmed at all. It will probably be Legends.
The thing with Legends is it provides a simple and complete food service solution. Teams/stadiums/arenas hire one vendor who deals with all the subcontractors while also providing a base level of burger and hot dog options. That the food selection and prices are not great does not matter because Legends does everything else right from the standpoint of their customer, who is not the fans. They do the same for licensing.
The University of Michigan's primary apparel licensing partner who ran the official MDen stores managed to go bankrupt this year just a few months after Michigan won a national championship because it seems the company principal was siphoning money to his personal account instead of paying landlords, vendors or the school. Michigan replaced that company with Legends, who stepped in and engineered a seamless transition with no lag in gear availability just as the fall school term and football season began.
They're professionals. They don't need the Yankee connection to get clients.
The University of Michigan's primary apparel licensing partner who ran the official MDen stores managed to go bankrupt this year just a few months after Michigan won a national championship because it seems the company principal was siphoning money to his personal account instead of paying landlords, vendors or the school. Michigan replaced that company with Legends, who stepped in and engineered a seamless transition with no lag in gear availability just as the fall school term and football season began.
They're professionals. They don't need the Yankee connection to get clients.
My information/source is now perhaps a bit stale but as of about a year ago the intention was an engagement with local Queens vendors, like that station at Citi Field but throughout the stadium. Aramark is the company that manages concessions at CF.
FWIW, in the signed PDA, there is language regarding a "qualified concessionaire" to provide the food and beverage services at the new stadium. "Qualified concessionaires" included:
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- Legends
- any Affiliate of CFG-UK that, at the applicable time, is a concessionaire at Etihad Stadium (in Manchester, England) or any one or more other sports stadium(s) having a minimum seating capacity of 25,000 used by a professional soccer or football team owned and/or operated, directly or indirectly, by CFG-UK, or
- any other concessionaire that runs concessions at no fewer than five (5) Comparable Facilities or other professional sports venues and/or facilities of a NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision team with football stadium seating over 25,000 or arena seating over 15,000.
