News Releases

BUFFALO, N.Y.(April 20, 2011) – Former space shuttle pilot and retired U.S. Navy Capt. Jon McBride will celebrate Earth Day events in Buffalo this week with Delaware North associates, students at Buffalo Seminary and students at Nichols School.

Delaware North Companies, a global leader in food service and hospitality, is celebrating Earth Day with a variety of events at its corporate headquarters and its diverse operating locations across the country.

The public is invited to celebrate the induction of the tenth group of space shuttle astronauts into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame. Veteran space shuttle astronauts Karol J. “Bo” Bobko and Susan J. Helms will be inducted during a public ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on Saturday, May 7 at 3:00 p.m.

NASA officials announced today that Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex has been selected to permanently display space shuttle Atlantis upon retirement of the Space Shuttle Program.

Kennedy Space Center, Fla. (April 12, 2011) – NASA officials announced today that Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex has been selected to permanently display space shuttle Atlantis upon retirement of the Space Shuttle Program. Atlantis, one of three orbiters in the space shuttle fleet, will fly the last scheduled space shuttle mission before being retired in 2011.

Three decades ago, astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen launched STS-1 space shuttle Columbia from Kennedy Space Center. Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex will host the Space Shuttle Program 30th Anniversary Celebration on April 12, 2011, from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (March 30, 2011) – Delaware North Companies Sportservice will mark the beginning of its 81st season in Major League Baseball tomorrow by giving a home-field advantage to partakers in America’s greatest pastime.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (March 28, 2011) – Delaware North Companies, one of the world’s leading hospitality and food service providers, announced today it has begun a search for a new vice president of sales and marketing for its parks and resorts division.

The Baltimore Orioles and new food, beverage, and retail partner Delaware North Companies Sportservice are proud to announce the reopening of the Orioles Team Store after completion of a project this winter to expand and enhance the team’s main retail location.

NEW YORK and BUFFALO, N.Y. (March 23, 2011) – Food Network and Delaware North Companies Sportservice are introducing a Food Network signature steak sandwich – plus additional steak sandwiches celebrating local flavors – in concessions at select Major League ballparks this season.