2026 Railyard Live Food and Beverage, Venue Management Services

Description

In order to enhance the City’s support of culinary arts and venue experiences, and offer a variety of high-quality options to event attendees at Butterfield Stage, the City of Rogers seeks to engage qualified food and beverage, along with venue management service providers to operate as concessionaires and venue management at certain Railyard Live concerts in 2026 held at 101 E Cherry St.To ensure variety and flexibility of concession options throughout the 2026 concert season while offering ample service opportunities to successful proposals, at least 2 and at most 4 different combinations of food and beverage service providers will be selected.Vendors are invited to submit a proposal, as well as past service experience (resume). Successful proposals will be selected by the City of Rogers Parks & Recreation Department’s Office of Arts & Culture, with scheduled service dates coordinated between final vendors and the Office of Arts & Culture.Scheduling will attempt to offer as fair and balanced of opportunities as possible to each vendor. In case of weather cancellations, the City will attempt to equalize vendor programming opportunities as much as possible.Proposals must note whether they are only able or interested in providing food or beverage service, or if they are able to also provide, or only interested in providing, both food and beverage, along with venue management service simultaneously. Every event will require both food and beverage service, so a Vendor who is only able to provide food service will have to share the space with another Vendor who is able to provide beverage service.Beverage vendors will be required to serve as part of the Railyard Entertainment District, and will be responsible for procuring the necessary cups and wristbands to do so. Beverage vendors will also need to procure  alcohol permits through the ABC for each weekend they are scheduled to serve. Beverage ve