Centerplate Offers Race-Goers an Extraordinary Experience at the Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y., Aug. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Centerplate, the leading hospitality provider to North America's premier sports and entertainment venues will provide hospitality for the 142nd running of the Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course designed to enhance the special nature of the race.

Centerplate welcomes attendees with exciting new menu items, innovative value promotions, and enhanced customer service programs.  This year's menu features local foods, premier wines, and signature cocktails. Items include The Saratoga Crab Sandwich; fresh hand-formed crab cake on a cornmeal-dusted roll with chipotle remoulade and the Saratoga Sunrise: exclusively available at the racecourse, the specialty beverage features top shelf vodka, orange juice, cranberry juice, and garnished with a slice of fresh, local Hand melon.

This year, Centerplate will also serve as the retail merchandise partner for the meet providing premium apparel and souvenirs specifically designed and manufactured to celebrate the races. Additionally, Centerplate updated and enhance the race course's retail stores to enhance the shopping.

Additionally, to complement its culinary and retail offerings, the company has also initiated a series of enhancements to its service training and experience assurance initiatives. Centerplate's training program, which has been completely revamped and re-launched as Centerplate University for this year, is based on a series of training sessions that provides our service team the foundation to succeed. In addition to functional training, the program includes a significant focus on food safety, responsible service of alcohol, and the principles and behaviors of gracious guest service for a better racing experience.

About Centerplate

Centerplate crafts and delivers "Craveable Experiences. Raveable Results." in over 250 prominent entertainment, sports and convention venues across North America – annually serving over 100 million guests. Centerplate has provided event hospitality services to 15 official U.S. Presidential Inaugural Balls, 12 Super Bowls, 20 World Series, the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, and the largest plated dinner in history at the Alpha Kappa Alpha Centennial Celebration. The company was recently named the fastest growing hospitality group in the country by Nation's Restaurant News. Visit the company online at www.centerplate.com

SOURCE Centerplate

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