With the Montreal Impact's home opener against Atlanta United coming up this weekend, the club and new food concession partner Spectrum Canada on Monday unveiled $3 million in improvements to Stade Saputo.
"Starting this season, we will begin to achieve an important goal of our five-year plan: improving customer experience at the stadium. We will provide a more practical stadium, with more space, more services, more choice and more innovation than ever before," said Richard Legendre, the Impact's executive vice-president. "With so many new stadium projects all around the league, it is of crucial importance to remain competitive and attractive. Today marks a first step in this direction."
Among the improvements:
- Spaces dedicated to various food services at the stadium will increase from 5,700 square feet to over 14,500 square feet, while the number of service points will jump from 38 to 150.
- Boutique space will increase from 1,750 square feet to over 3,000 square feet. All in all, over 10,000 square feet of public spaces will be added.
- Food services will include even more Montreal dishes, notably a new smoked meat sandwich, a giant hot dog and Quebec certified beef.
- Gluten-free options will now be available at four concessions, as well as a vegetarian menu in the suites and mezzanines.
- Labatt will also offer a variety of microbrewery and imported beers at an improved location.
- All regular payment methods -- cash, cards and electronic pay -- will now be accepted.
- More live-action screens will be installed in the stadium so fans do not miss any action while waiting for concessions
- Field-side seats will now be available on the South side, the Umberto Cesari Tower Club will be expanded and the President's Club suite will be upgraded.
