Professional Sports Catering

What Professional Sports Catering does

Professional Sports Catering (PSC), founded in 2006 by CEO Tom Dickson, is a Chicago-based food and beverage concessions management company that exclusively serves minor league baseball venues across the United States. The company currently operates the food, beverage, and concessions programs at 23 ballparks spanning Triple-A, Double-A, Single-A, and Independent leagues, a footprint the company describes as larger than the next five largest MiLB-focused concessionaires combined. Its core offering combines on-site concessions management with a portfolio of 13 proprietary concession brands (including Burgertopia, Blue Olive Mediterranean, Hickory's BBQ, Pies Pizza, and Steakadelphia Cheesesteaks), analytics and benchmarking through Levy's E15 platform, and pilot deployments of autonomous retail (Standard Cognition Frictionless Market at the Worcester Red Sox stadium).

PSC generates revenue through negotiated, per-partnership management agreements with team owners, typically structured as managed-services contracts where partner venue F&B revenue ranges from $1M to $10M annually. The company reports delivering 15-45% per-cap spending increases for every client it has served since inception. Its go-to-market is primarily direct, relationship-driven enterprise sales to MiLB team owners and general managers, supplemented by outreach at industry events and new ballpark openings. Since 2014, PSC has operated under a strategic 'Powered by Levy' partnership with Levy Restaurants (a Compass Group company), which supplies enterprise-scale purchasing power through Foodbuy, HR depth, capital resources, and the E15 analytics platform, while PSC retains operational autonomy and its exclusive MiLB focus.

Name

Professional Sports Catering

Legal name

Professional Sports Catering, LLC

Website

https://prosportscatering.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Professional Sports Catering is a Chicago-based food and beverage concessions management company that exclusively operates concessions at 23 minor league baseball ballparks across the US, delivering proprietary brands, analytics, and managed services under a strategic partnership with Levy Restaurants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Stadium Concessions Management

NAICS

Caterers (722320), Food Service Contractors (72231), Other Spectator Sports (711219), Caterers (72232)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810), Wholesale-Beer, Wine & Distilled Alcoholic Beverages (5180)

akta.pro primary industry

Concession & Stadium / Arena Catering (THAFAIAG)

Keywords

• Stadium concessions management
• Sports venue catering
• Minor league baseball concessions
• Ballpark food service
• Concession management services

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago Park

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Food and Beverage Concession Management: PSC manages food and beverage operations at minor league baseball stadiums, operating as the exclusive concessions provider. They generate revenue through negotiated management agreements with team owners, with partners ranging from $1M to $10M in annual F&B revenue. The company drives per capita spending increases of 15-45% for clients.
2. Purchasing and Supply Chain Services: Through Levy's buying power and Foodbuy (North America's largest food buying cooperative), PSC provides purchasing advantages that benefit both their operations and client stadiums

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Professional Sports Catering manages food and beverage concessions for minor league and spring training baseball venues, serving 23 ballparks across Triple-A, Double-A, Single-A, and Independent leagues. It delivers proprietary culinary concepts with live on-the-concourse cooking, Levy's E15 analytics-driven pricing and product mix optimization, and bulk procurement leverage through Foodbuy/Compass Group.

Product overview

Professional Sports Catering operates as a food and beverage concessions company for minor league baseball, offering comprehensive stadium catering services across 23 ballparks. The company provides a portfolio of 13 proprietary concessions brands including Burgertopia Hamburger Paradise, Blue Olive Mediterranean, Crunch Time Loaded Nachos and More, Flash Point Grill, Franx Hotdogs, Good Hops Craft Beer, Hickory's BBQ, Pies Pizza, Salsa Burritos, Smokie's Sausage Shack, Steakadelphia Cheesesteaks, Sweet Soft-serve, and Wrapery Wraps. These brands are designed to replace generic food with exciting culinary concepts featuring live on-the-concourse cooking. Additionally, the company offers Analytics and Benchmarking services powered by Levy's E15 platform, which enables data-driven revenue optimization by benchmarking stadium metrics against comparable venues.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Burgertopia: Hamburger Paradise - proprietary concessions brand
• Blue Olive Mediterranean
• Crunch Time Loaded Nachos and More
• Flash Point Grill
• Franx Hotdogs
• Good Hops Craft Beer
• Hickory's BBQ
• Pies Pizza
• Salsa Burritos
• Smokie's Sausage Shack
• Steakadelphia Cheesesteaks
• Sweet Soft-serve
• Wrapery Wraps

Products and services

• Minor League Baseball Food & Beverage Concessions Management End-to-end food and beverage concessions management for U.S. minor league baseball venues, including proprietary culinary concepts, live on-the-concourse cooking, smart pricing and product mix decisions, and on-site operations leadership. Currently delivered across 23 ballparks spanning Triple-A, Double-A, Single-A, and Independent leagues, with per-cap revenue increases of 15%–45% for clients.
• Analytics and Benchmarking (Powered by Levy E15) Levy's E15 analytics group benchmarks each PSC-managed venue's concessions metrics against comparable top venues, surfacing revenue opportunities and supporting smart pricing and product mix decisions. Delivered as an integrated capability to MiLB partner teams.
• Autonomous Frictionless Store (Standard Cognition) at Worcester Red Sox Fully autonomous, technology-powered convenience store deployed at the Worcester Red Sox stadium, offering expanded variety and virtually eliminating wait time while operating at approximately 4.5% labor cost and contributing about 5% of concessions revenue.

Quantifiable outcome

• Per capita increases ranging from 15% to 45% for every client
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers24 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• Levy RestaurantsflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014In 2014, PSC entered into a strategic partnership with Levy Restaurants, combining the experts in MiLB with the resources of one of the premier restaurant and S&E groups in the country. The 'Powered by Levy' brand gives partners the best of both worlds - proven operational and staffing strategies that deliver results in minor league baseball, while benefiting from support resources typically only found in very large foodservice companies.
• Compass GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThrough Levy's parent company Compass Group, PSC benefits from unparalleled purchasing power and financial resources. The relationship provides unmatched resources that impact both long-term revenue growth and guest enhancements at partner stadiums.
• FoodbuycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFoodbuy is the largest food buying cooperative in North America. PSC partners benefit through this association, gaining access to purchasing advantages where no one can buy food and equipment cheaper.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Oak View Group: OVG is a venue development and hospitality platform that operates food & beverage programs at arenas, stadiums, and convention centers. It overlaps with PSC in stadium concessions management but is more focused on greenfield arena/venue development than existing MiLB renovations.

Direct peers

• Culinart Group: Culinart Group is a contract foodservice and hospitality management company serving corporate, sports, and entertainment clients. It competes with PSC in managed-services venue F&B and shares the multi-segment food service contractor business model.
• Restaurant Associates: Restaurant Associates is a Compass Group subsidiary that provides contract foodservice for corporate, cultural, and sports/entertainment clients. As a Compass family member and sibling to Levy, it is a peer through shared platform resources even though its core focus is different venues.
• Centerplate (legacy): Centerplate was a major U.S. stadium and arena concessions provider that was rebranded into Sodexo Live! in 2021. It remains a directly comparable historical peer given its scale in sports venue F&B management during the period in which PSC built its MiLB dominance.
• Spectra (now part of Legends): Spectra (now part of Legends Hospitality) operated food services and concessions at sports venues and entertainment facilities. As a now-combined entity with Legends, it is a direct competitor to PSC in the venue F&B space.
• Legends Hospitality: Legends Hospitality provides concessions, catering, merchandise, and planning services to sports and entertainment venues, including MLB ballparks. It is a direct competitor for stadium F&B management contracts and shares PSC's integrated venue-services positioning.
• Sodexo Live!: Sodexo Live! (the rebrand of Centerplate) specializes in hospitality, concessions, and culinary services for sports stadiums, arenas, and entertainment venues. It is a direct peer to PSC in the venue F&B management space and counts multiple sports venues among its client base.
• Guest Services, Inc. Guest Services operates food & beverage, concessions, and hospitality services at sports venues, museums, and cultural attractions. It is a comparable venue-F&B management company and competes for stadium and event-based catering contracts in similar size venues to PSC's MiLB clients.
• Delaware North (Sportservice division): Delaware North's Sportservice division is one of the largest U.S. sports and entertainment concessions and hospitality providers, serving MLB, MiLB, NFL, and college venues. It directly competes with PSC for ballpark F&B management contracts and shares the multi-vertical sports venue focus.

Broad incumbents

• Aramark Sports + Entertainment: Aramark is a Fortune 500 contract foodservice giant with a dedicated Sports & Entertainment segment that handles concessions at MLB, MiLB, NFL, NBA, NHL, and college venues. It is a broader incumbent that overlaps with PSC in stadium F&B but at much greater scale and across many verticals.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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