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Rangers has appointed Elior as its new food and beverage partner, with the Scottish Premiership football club also confirming its return to Ibrox Stadium.
Elior has previously worked with Rangers at Ibrox and its new deal will take immediate effect. The company will assume responsibility for all food and beverage for matchday hospitality, non-matchday conferences and events, the Ibrox Restaurant, matchday retail and Edmiston House.
Rangers said it will be consulting with representatives from its season ticket holders and hospitality guests in due course as the Glasgow club seeks to deliver an improved and enhanced offering.
Rangers chief commercial officer, Karim Virani, added: “The deal will strengthen the offering our supporters receive on a matchday in the stands and in hospitality at Ibrox, as well as in our fantastic restaurant in the Blue Sky Lounge and café in Edmiston House.
“Elior’s long term commitment to the club with an extremely strong commercial proposition shows their ambition and stands the club in strong stead for the future too. As a commercial department, we are continuing to push the boundaries to secure the best deals for the club and for our supporters, and we believe this new deal does just that.
“We look forward to working closely with Elior in the weeks, months and years ahead and to growing this partnership into a really fantastic one for everyone connected to the club.”
Hampden stay set to end
Meanwhile, Rangers has confirmed that its Premier Sports Cup quarter-final tie against Dundee will take place at Ibrox on September 21.
Rangers has played all its 2024-25 season games to date at Hampden Park as work continues on the redevelopment of the Copland Stand at Ibrox. Rangers announced in July that it was close to finalising a deal to begin the season at Hampden Park and an agreement was subsequently struck with the Scottish Football Association (SFA) and the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL).
Rangers revealed in June that work at Ibrox had suffered a significant setback after a delay in a materials shipment from Asia. A multi-million-pound renovation project to overhaul the disabled facilities at the stadium commenced at the end of last season, and the club had initially hoped the work would be completed in time for the new campaign.
The Copland Stand project includes the erection of a new cantilever with 1,000 extra seats. A number of new accessible viewing positions will be added to the rear of the Copland Front, increasing overall wheelchair-accessible spaces to more than 150.
Rangers has said its return to Ibrox will initially exclude the Copland Stand, where final concourse and seating works are ongoing. Season ticket holders from the Copland Stand will be offered an exclusive window to purchase seating elsewhere.
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