Arsenal Hospitality Packages

Circuit Hospitality is proud to be an official agent of Arsenal Football Club, offering two hospitality options at North London’s magnificent Emirates Stadium.

The first is the Academy package, where guests can enjoy a meal from one of the many fantastic food concessions on the Club Level of the stadium, plus three complimentary alcoholic or soft drinks. For the match you will be seated in the premium areas of the stadium, either behind the goal at the North Bank, or in the North East or South East corners of the ground. You’ll also get a matchday programme and a further complimentary half time drink.

Alternatively we also offer the Club Level Seat, which provides exactly what it says! Guests are seated in the VIP Club Level, behind the goal at the Clock End of the stadium, which comes with access to numerous food and drink outlets exclusive to this part of the ground. The package includes a Museum Tour voucher, a non-matchday Stadium Tour voucher, a match programme and one complimentary half time drink.

To avoid the rush for the tube after the match, guests enjoying either of these packages can also use the stadium facilities for an hour after the final whistle.

Club History

Arsenal are one of the top teams in the history of English football. The first club from the South of the country to join the Football League in 1893, they have suffered relegation from the top flight only once, back in 1913, and boast the longest run in the highest division of the game. It was in that same year, 1913, that the club moved from the Manor Ground in Plumstead on the South side of the River Thames to its familiar home in Highbury, after suffragettes burned down the main grandstand.

The Arsenal Stadium, commonly referred to as Highbury, was one of the great venues of English football for nearly a century. It was redeveloped in the 1930s, when the iconic Art Deco East and West Stands were built. Even after the stadium was redeveloped for housing in 2006, the iconic white facade bearing the words “Arsenal Stadium” was preserved as the entrance to the apartment block.

Moving Home

The decision to move from Highbury was taken in the late 1990s, and land was later secured at Ashburton Grove, only four hundred metres or so away. As was the case with many of the oldest English football grounds, it was impossible to develop, modernise and grow Highbury because it was located in a residential area. But before moving down the road to their new home, Arsenal managed a feat never achieved in the modern era before or since – they went the entire 38-game 2003/04 season without losing a single match, Arsene Wenger’s team earning the tag “The Invincibles”.

The Emirates Stadium was opened at the beginning of the 2006/07 season, with a 60,000 capacity almost doubling the number of people who could attend matches at Highbury. Over the years the area around the stadium has gone through a process the club called “Arsenalisation” in order to make it feel more like home. This has included the unveiling of statues depicting the club legends – including innovative manager Herbert Chapman from the 1920s and 30s, former captain Tony Adams, and modern day legends Dennis Bergkamp and Thierry Henry. Over recent years, Arsenal have struggled to match the success of Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea, but under the control of Mikel Arteta there are signs of resurgence, and the brand of football employed by the Spaniard is giving Arsenal fans reason to believe that good times lie ahead.

North London Derby

Arsenal’s big rivalry is with Tottenham Hotspur. The teams first played each other in 1887 – but it was only when the Gunners moved to North London that the fixture took on a new meaning. Tottenham felt that Arsenal were encroaching on a part of London that belonged to them. And perhaps they were right to be annoyed, as Arsenal have had the edge over Spurs overall in terms of winning derby matches, and in finishing positions in the league. Over recent years the rivalry has intensified as Tottenham have become more competitive.

As one of the most successful clubs in London, Arsenal have always attracted top players from around the world. But more often than not, the ethos of the club has been to develop rather than buy ready-made talent. For example, arguably the finest player of the Premier League era, Thierry Henry, was a relative unknown when the club snapped him up from Juventus for £11m. That said, the £45m acquisition of Gabriel Jesus from Manchester City in the summer of 2022 already seems to have paid off in the early stages of the season.

A visit to the Emirates Stadium is a treat for any football supporter, and doing it in the luxury of one of our Club Level hospitality packages will make it a sure fire day to remember.

Did you know ?

Arsenal are thought to be the only team in Champions League history to field 11 players of different nationalities, which they did in a match against Hamburg in 2006. When Trinidad and Tobago international Justin Hoyte came off the bench to replace Ivory Coast defender Kolo Touré, the eleven comprised a German, a Swiss, a Frenchman, another Ivorian (Emmanuel Eboué), a Spaniard, a Brazilian, a Belarussian, a Czech, a Togolese and a Dutchman. The Gunners won the game in Germany 2-1.

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