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Sportservice has been spreading out in other<br />
regions as well. In early 2009, the company<br />
opened Camelback Ranch, the impressive new<br />
Glendale, Ariz., spring training home of the<br />
Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago White Sox.<br />
Sportservice is providing all concessions,<br />
premium dining, catering and retail services at<br />
the 10,000-seat ballpark, which includes 12<br />
private suites and an all-inclusive premium<br />
seating area behind home plate. The ballpark<br />
set a Cactus League attendance record in<br />
spring 2009.<br />
In February 2010, the Carolina Panthers chose<br />
Sportservice to take over food, beverage and<br />
retail operations at Bank of America Stadium in<br />
Charlotte. The team had been handling the services<br />
on its own. The Panthers represent Sportservice’s<br />
seventh National Football League client.<br />
Taste of Twins Territory<br />
Walleye fingers. Pork chops on a stick. A signature<br />
steak sandwich inspired by one from Murray’s, a<br />
legendary Minneapolis steak house. Traditional<br />
bratwurst, Polish and Hungarian sausage made<br />
fresh daily by Kramarczuk’s, a family-owned<br />
operation only a mile from Target Field.<br />
These are just a few of the regional favorites that<br />
Sportservice has worked with the Minnesota Twins<br />
to feature at the new ballpark. Making the food<br />
and beverage experience there something fans<br />
can savor is job one.<br />
“The menu roster that Sportservice has put<br />
together for Target Field will grant Twins fans a<br />
locally diverse sampling of some of the best food<br />
the Twin Cities has to offer,” said Dave St. Peter,<br />
Twins president.<br />
Sportservice spent 2009 ramping up its new<br />
operation in Minneapolis-St. Paul in preparation<br />
for the 2010 inaugural season at Target Field.<br />
The company is handling all concessions,<br />
catering, premium dining and retail for the<br />
40,000-seat ballpark.<br />
Widening the retail trail<br />
With new retail contracts in place for the New<br />
York Giants and New York Jets, the Carolina<br />
Panthers and the New York Red Bulls, it’s safe<br />
to say Sportservice’s retail business is growing at<br />
a rapid pace. In addition, the Minnesota Twins,<br />
Buffalo Bills and Columbus Blue Jackets came<br />
on board two years ago.<br />
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