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What Legends Hospitality serves Dallas Cowboys fans at AT&T Stadium

From nachos to cheesesteaks, the concessions and recreations team at the Texas mega stadium called Jerry World is delighting sporting fans at games.

Mike Buzalka, Executive Features Editor

February 24, 2020

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AT&T Stadium in Dallas, home stadium of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys, is also one of the premier event venues in the country, hosting major concerts, sporting events and even some 600 private catered functions annually. Its food & beverage operations are managed by Legends Hospitality, an FM Top 50 contract management company that was founded in 2008 specifically to handle concessions and catering operations at both AT&T Stadium (then called Cowboys Stadium) and the new Yankee Stadium ballpark, home ballpark of Major League Baseball’s New York Yankees, in the Bronx, New York.

Legends’ F&B operations at AT&T Stadium are featured as FM’s Innovator of the Month in its March/April 2020 issue. The stadium’s F&B unit serves fans out of nearly 300 points of sale plus offers catering to 360 suites. Most of what is served is developed in-house, with only a handful of outside restaurant concepts having presence inside the facility, and only one of those—a Papa John’s—is a national brand.

Recently, emphasis has been put on developing items that meet fans’ dietary as well as taste preferences, with more vegetarian/vegan and gluten-free choices. As always, the stress is on serving what fans want with no “gimmicky foods” in the words of Food & Beverage Director George Wasai.

Related:2019 FM Top 50: 8. Legends Hospitality

Here’s a roundup of some of the more popular “Cowboy Food” items at AT&T Stadium. 

About the Author

Mike Buzalka

Executive Features Editor, Food Management

Mike Buzalka is executive features editor for Food Management and contributing editor to Restaurant Hospitality, Supermarket News and Nation’s Restaurant News. On Food Management, Mike has lead responsibility for compiling the annual Top 50 Contract Management Companies as well as the K-12, College, Hospital and Senior Dining Power Players listings. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English Literature from John Carroll University. Before joining Food Management in 1998, he served as for eight years as assistant editor and then editor of Foodservice Distributor magazine. Mike’s personal interests range from local sports such as the Cleveland Indians and Browns to classic and modern literature, history and politics.

Mike Buzalka’s areas of expertise include operations, innovation and technology topics in onsite foodservice industry markets like K-12 Schools, Higher Education, Healthcare and Business & Industry.

Mike Buzalka’s experience:

Executive Features Editor, Food Management magazine (2010-present)

Contributing Editor, Restaurant Hospitality, Supermarket News and Nation’s Restaurant News (2016-present)

Associate Editor, Food Management magazine (1998-2010)

Editor, Foodservice Distributor magazine (1997-1998)

Assistant Editor, Foodservice Distributor magazine (1989-1997)

 

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