How to Use concessionaire in a Sentence

concessionaire

noun
  • The state put the restaurant out for bid this spring, hoping to attract a concessionaire to run it.
    — David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 28 June 2024
  • And every year, concessionaires unload a bevy of dishes that come fried.
    — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 14 Aug. 2019
  • The city places daily limits on the number of tubes the two concessionaires in town can rent to the public.
    — John Aguilar, Denver Post, 20 June 2025
  • But every year concessionaire Aramark attempts to jazz things up with new items.
    — Phil Rosenthal, chicagotribune.com, 25 Aug. 2019
  • But one of the current concessionaires won't get preferred status.
    — Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2023
  • But as any of those 10 concessionaires will tell you, the top three winning spots yield the highest profits.
    — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 25 Aug. 2019
  • Think sports fans whose only food options at a game are at stands all operated by the same big concessionaire.
    — Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Then the wisdom tumbles like Milk Duds fresh from the concessionaire.
    — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
  • Embarc is the first and only cannabis concessionaire that has launched live events at such a massive scale since the pandemic.
    — Jackie Bryant, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2022
  • The airport has been funneling surplus meals from concessionaires to local food banks for the past decade.
    — Port Of Seattle, The Seattle Times, 5 May 2017
  • The soccer arena has scarcely been maintained and the concessionaire has asked for such high rental rates that most teams can’t afford to play there.
    — Mimi Whitefield, miamiherald, 23 Aug. 2017
  • Soon enough, the concessionaire caved, and the nickel chair became history.
    — Clyde Haberman, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2018
  • Officials made the concessionaire in question refund all customers who had been overcharged for beers in the past.
    — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 May 2022
  • The Ravens issued a request for proposals for a concessionaire last fall.
    — Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Six or seven are the largest investors, concessionaires that have shown extreme interest.
    — Ben Kelly, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
  • The concessionaires will be stocking rainbows through the end of May, and catfish stocking will begin next week.
    — By Roger George and Dave Hurley, sacbee.com, 9 May 2017
  • The last time the Rays changed concessionaires, the vetting, planning and implementing took a year and a half.
    — Chad Jennings, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
  • The concessionaire also runs a canteen and gift shop selling lunch items like burgers, meatball subs, hot dogs, ice creams, and smoothies.
    — Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Instead, big concessionaires bid for the chance to operate multiple stores at an airport.
    — Lily O'Neill, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Not only that, but the concessionaires employ and train the restaurant staff, pay for the buildout of the space and fund the cost of equipment, food and supplies.
    — Lily O'Neill, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Belot said the Bucks and food concessionaire Levy have been hiring workers throughout the playoffs.
    — Ricardo Torres, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 June 2021
  • The concessionaires slip it between the hot dog and the bun, mix it into the carbonated beverages, slide it into the programs.
    — James Warren, vanityfair.com, 16 Oct. 2017
  • As for the double-name confusion, that’s due to a trademark dispute in 2016, when a new concessionaire took over.
    — Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2017
  • Isle Royale Seaplanes is the only concessionaire, and prices start at about $415 for a round-trip ticket.
    — Robert Annis, Midwest Living, 7 June 2026
  • The plaintiffs want to force the city and the concessionaire to open a Chick-fil-A at the airport — and vowed to sue any other business that tries to take its place.
    — Joshua Fechter, ExpressNews.com, 25 Oct. 2019
  • The grounds crew covered the infield with a tarp and vanished underneath the seats as the last concessionaires exited the ballpark and the stadium lights went dark.
    — Brian Murphy, Twin Cities, 10 June 2017
  • The city is looking to enter into five-year contracts with one concessionaire per park, who would guarantee payment and a percentage of sales revenue to the city.
    — Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 2 June 2026
  • His first job in golf was as a concessionaire at the Wellshire Golf Course off Colorado Boulevard.
    — Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 2 Dec. 2025
  • But in 2021, a longtime concessionaire with a dozen or so booths didn’t want to risk pandemic exposure, and six booths came up for grabs for new vendors.
    — Cheryl Hall, Dallas News, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Here, the only other living creatures spending the night for 35 miles are a handful of park and concessionaire employees and the wildlife for which the park is famous.
    — Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2022

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