Arsenal’s chief executive has provided a fresh update on the club’s plans to expand the Emirates Stadium
Arsenal are reportedly set to end a 20-year association with one of their food and drink suppliers at the Emirates Stadium. The Gunners are preparing for the 2026/27 season, which will also involve a lot of behind-the-scenes work as well as building Mikel Arteta’s squad.
The Gunners won the Premier League title last season and reached the Champions League final, and will be hoping to replicate that success again next term, if not better it.
Off the pitch, it seems that Arsenal have made the decision to make a change in food and drink supplier ahead of next season.
The Sun have reported that Arsenal will have Legends Global as their food and drink supplier from the 2026/27 season onwards, as they make a change from their previous partnership.
The Gunners had had Delaware North as their supplier since the Emirates opened in 2006, but it’s being reported that the club’s 20-year deal expires this summer and will not be renewed.
Legends Global became the official catering company at Stamford Bridge for Chelsea last year, and will now be expected to move into the Emirates for Arsenal for matchdays next season.
The food and drink supplier is also said to provide catering to the NFL outfit, the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium, with the team also owned by the Kroenke family, who are also the owners of Arsenal.
Amid the change at the Emirates, Arsenal chief executive officer Richard Garlick recently spoke at a fan event this week, where he provided an update on the club’s plans to potentially expand the stadium.
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There have been rumours that Arsenal could look to increase the seating capacity at the Emirates, but Garlick has explained the club’s current stance on the possibility of a stadium expansion.
“We are constrained by capacity increase, railway and underground issues are a problem,” he said.
“But we are narrowing some options, it could be renovations, but we want to invest in the facilities.”
Garlick offered a simlar update earlier this summer on Arsenal’s plans for the Emirates
“There is always ambition about growing the club in every which way we can,” Garlick said on The Overlap back in May.
“Facilities, whether it’s at the stadium, training ground, whether it’s supporters around the world – we have plans.
“We have been looking at these for a while now and looking at the options, it is 20 years since we moved to the Emirates and it feels a good time to assess what we can do and how we might go about things.”
