Arena Leisure wins Olympic work

ARENA Leisure, the operator of racecourses across the UK, including Doncaster, has been awarded a contract for catering services at the 2012 London Olympics.

Arena’s seven courses also include Worcester, Doncaster, and Royal Windsor, where it provides catering. The contract win it announced this morning is to provide catering services at both the Eton Dorney and Greenwich Park venues as part of the Games next year.

Eton Dorney will be home to the sprint canoeing and rowing events and Greenwich Park will be home to the equestrian and modern pentathlon events.

The contract contains elements of both fixed income and income that is dependent upon the numbers of attendees and their spend per head.  Arena said it estimates that its 2012 net profit contribution from the contract will be between £500,000 and £1m.

Arena chief executive Mark Elliott said: “Arena formed its own catering business in 2007 and since then it has established a leading food and beverage offering across each of our seven Racecourse venues.  This contract adds another dimension to Arena’s increasingly diversified revenue streams.”