Lindley clinches £6.1m ‘New York’ stadium hospitality deal

Lindley's brief is to develop the conference and events business and manage all aspects of match day and non-match day catering at the League Two club's new stadium, which is due for completion this summer in readiness for the 2012-13 season. The contract is worth an estimated £6.1m and is expected to create at least 80 full and part-time jobs. Lindley Venue Catering is now recruiting to fill the new posts. Tony Stewart, Chairman of Rotherham United FC, says: "The New York Stadium is much, much more than just a football stadium. In the past two years we've spent a lot of time during the design process concentrating on making sure the stadium has seven days a week functionality. "From the outset we wanted the stadium to attract business and visitors from outside the area. And, being located in the centre of Rotherham, we also wanted it to serve and become part of the local community, as well as fulfilling its role as a functioning professional sports stadium." Rotherham is relocating from its temporary home at Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield to the prestigious new 12,000 capacity New York Stadium next season. It is located in the centre of Rotherham in an area formerly known as New York and on the site of a former foundry which manufactured fire hydrants for New York City - hence the stadium's name.