St James' Park has more than a 100 boxes and suites which can cater events ranging from those for a handful of people to a sit down dinner for a 1000.
And now the club's events team is set to proactively market the venue to highlight its easy accessibility and the versatility of the spaces available to organisations and companies wanting to stage an event or an exhibition in the North East.
The conference and banqueting at Newcastle United is run by Sodexo Prestige. In 2009 the club held more than 2000 events, including accommodating over 1500 people who turned up for the auditions for Big Brother.
The club is now planning to raise its profile outside of the region to highlight its easy accessibility and versatility of the space available.
"St James' Park is the only venue in the North East that can sit 1000 people down for dinner in one room," said Shireen Rowley, the club's event sales director. "We want to ensure that we are the preferred choice for companies in the region and the UK. St James Park is perfectly placed to accommodate not only large dinners but also conferences with multiple breakout areas and networking events.
"Our new exhibition packages offer easy access, excellent transport links, AV equipment and with our in-house events and catering team, we are well positioned to attract this new market to the city."
(Jim Evans)
