More than 60 team members from Delaware North’s corporate office, The Westin Buffalo and Niagara Falls State Park participated in the annual JPMorgan Corporate Challenge on June 11 in Buffalo.
The world’s largest corporate running series, the Corporate Challenge brings together employees from companies and organizations to walk, jog or run a 3.5-mile course. Proceeds from the event benefit local charities.
Sportservice’s team at KeyBank Center provided hospitality services at Delaware North’s tent, offering a selection of cold beverages and a summer-inspired menu. The team also catered the tents for the Buffalo Sabres, JPMorgan and the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority, as well as the Community Zone Hospitality area, serving approximately 550 people.
Sportservice’s onsite culinary team, led by Chef Christina Michael, prepared more than 1,500 burgers and hot dogs, about 500 pounds of smoked brisket and pulled pork, and more than 1,000 cookies. Above: Jamie Obletz (center), executive vice president and chief operating officer, poses with KeyBank Center team members (left to right) Ana Lee Palmer, culinary supervisor; Maurio Curlee, culinary supervisor; Isaiah Bailey, culinary supervisor; Guy Hooper, executive sous chef; Tara Sullivan, suites sous chef; Dan Lawrence, culinary supervisor; and Patrick Chopra, club-level sous chef.
Team members from TD Garden and the Boston Bruins on June 6 participated in the City of Boston’s Pride Parade, which drew tens of thousands to downtown with the “Pride as Protest: Since 1776” theme.
Delaware North U.K., the hospitality provider at Wembley Stadium in London, is preparing for a busy summer with 34 concerts scheduled from June through September featuring some of the world’s biggest artists. The concert season kicked off June 6 with the Capital Summertime Ball, which drew 80,000 fans.