Taking place this year at Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club’s home stadium on 31 May, the annual awards celebrate the UK’s best football and rugby stadiums, and will see the 400 guests served a four-course meal by Soxedo as well as a live band and DJ throughout the evening.
General manager for Sodexo Prestige Venue & Events at the stadium, Tony Crosbie, said: “The Stadium Events and Hospitality awards are very much regarded as the Oscars of our industry, so it is a real honour for everyone at the American Express Community Stadium to be chosen to host such a major event.
“It will give us the opportunity to showcase everything we have to offer, and give the industry’s most important and influential figures the chance to see what we do, how we host big events and give them a taste of why we are leaders in our field.
“Sodexo has won a large number of Stadium Events & Hospitality Awards in the past, and we will certainly be hoping we can win some more in 2018 – and what better way than to do it in one of our own venues?”
Paul Barber, Brighton and Hove Albion chief executive, added: “We are absolutely delighted to host such a prestigious awards ceremony here at our stadium. A lot of work has been carried out at our stadium over the summer to improve our already fantastic facilities in time for our first Premier League season.
“This event represents another great opportunity to showcase the tremendous work that our project team has undertaken. A lot of credit also goes to our catering partner, Sodexo, who managed to beat stiff competition to host the event, and our working relationship remains as strong as ever.
“Historically, our club has performed very well at the awards too, and hopefully we will be able to continue this success at the 2018 ceremony.”