stamford ct 1 united states key people chris verros president and ceo owner olympus partners number of employees 30 000 2 website www.centerplate.com centerplate inc. is a food and beverage corporation serving entertainment venues in north america and the uk . 3 centerplate formerly known as volume services america inc. was originally a division of canteen corp. in 1995 it was sold to flagstar controlled by private equity firm kohlberg kravis roberts kkr which then sold volume services to the blackstone group . 4 volume services changed its name to centerplate in 2004 when the company completed an ipo . in 2009 centerplate again became a private company following its merger with an affiliate of kohlberg & company . in 2012 centerplate was acquired by a consortium of investors including members of the then current management team as well as private equity firm olympus partners which continues to own the company . 5 venue partners edit centerplate provides services to various venues in the united states canada and the united kingdom including arenas cinemas convention centers resorts restaurants zoos and aquariums . 6 references edit http www.centerplate.com contact us company profile for centerplate inc cvp . retrieved 2008 10 14 . centerplate uk venues flagstar agrees to sell its stadium foods unit . new york times november 30 1995 centerplate finalizes management led buyout & agreement with olympus partners . http centerplate.com venue partners this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message external links edit official site this article about an entertainment company in the united states is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title centerplate & oldid 729869200 categories catering and food service companies of the united statescompanies based in south carolinaspartanburg south carolinaprivate equity portfolio companiesunited states entertainment company stubshidden categories articles needing additional references from august 2014all articles needing additional referencesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 15 july 2016 at 03 47 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view