Weekender: First glimpse of new hospitality suites at £40m stadium redevelopment

The designs for the hospitality suites at the iconic Emerald Headingley stadium, which is undergoing a £40m redevelopment, have been revealed.

The Leeds studio of interior design specialist SpaceInvader has secured the contract to design 23,000 sq ft worth of hospitality suites at the stadium as the business marks its first anniversary in the city.

The contract will see SpaceInvader deliver the 500-capacity hospitality suite, including bars, boxes and a corporate reception, with panoramic views across both the cricket and rugby grounds with the ability to reconfigure the space to cater for conferences and events including weddings.

Emerald Headingley Stadium, which is home to the Leeds Rhinos rugby league and Yorkshire Carnegie rugby union clubs and Yorkshire County Cricket Club, has commissioned SpaceInvader to deliver the interiors in preparation for England and Wales hosting the ICC cricket world cup and the Ashes in 2019.

The new project comes as SpaceInvader celebrates its first year of trading in Leeds.

The company launched at The Green Sand Foundry in June 2017.

The business recently completed a new 65,000 sq ft office suite at the landmark Number One Kirkstall Forge scheme for leasing, vehicle outsourcing and fleet management provider Zenith.

In addition, it also designed the communal areas of the six-storey office building for landlord CEG – including a new café, called Butler’s, shared meeting spaces and business lounges.

Its client roster in Yorkshire now includes organisations like RBA, Stirling Investments and Quorn.

Sarah Dodsworth, associate director and head of SpaceInvader Leeds, said: “It feels fitting that as we celebrate our first anniversary in Leeds, we’ve been appointed to redesign one of the city’s iconic venues.

“It’s been a fantastic year in which we’ve delivered award winning projects and expanded our client book. Now, 80% of our work from the Leeds studio is from clients based in Yorkshire and, through projects like Headingley, we feel very much at home here.

“We see a lot of growth potential in the region, as businesses increasingly see the link between productivity, talent retention and excellence through workplace design.”

SpaceInvader employs 65 people across its studios in Manchester, Leeds, Nottingham and London and has a £4.5m turnover.

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