Job posting
Premium Attendant at University of Kansas Athletics | Lawrence
Oak View Group is hiring a part-time Premium Attendant for University of Kansas Athletics events in Lawrence, paying $12-$15 per hour plus tip eligibility.
David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium is a venue in the middle of being rebuilt around its own history, and that is the most useful thing to understand about working there. The stadium opened in 1921. The Gateway District redevelopment that has been reshaping it opened its first phase in August 2025. The employment picture is being rewritten alongside the building — new premium spaces, new service points, and an operator whose remit here goes well beyond selling hot dogs.
This page covers what Oak View Group actually runs at Kansas, how the Gateway District changed the job mix, Lawrence pay context, and the venue background.
Who employs you, and why the OVG contract here is unusual
Oak View Group took over from Sodexo Live! in 2024. At most venues, an operator agreement of this kind covers food, beverage, and premium catering and stops there. The Kansas Athletics agreement goes further: OVG also manages day-to-day operations of the football stadium and conference center, and leads bookings for concerts and special events.
That distinction matters for job seekers. A pure concessions account produces seasonal event-day work and little else. An operating-and-booking account produces year-round positions too.
| Work | Employer | Application path |
|---|---|---|
| Concessions, premium clubs, suite catering | Oak View Group | OVG Hospitality careers portal |
| Venue operations and conference center | Oak View Group | OVG careers portal |
| Event booking and sales | Oak View Group | OVG careers portal |
| Guest services, ushers, ticket takers | Kansas Athletics | KU Athletics / university jobs site |
| Grounds, turf, and facilities | University of Kansas | KU careers site |
| Event security | KU Public Safety and contracted vendors | Vendor or university application |
What the Gateway District added
Phase I of the Gateway District opened in August 2025. For someone looking at the job board, these are the changes that matter:
- New premium club levels, which is where the better-paid front-of-house positions sit.
- A membership-only dining club in the stadium’s club levels — a hospitality operation with a different rhythm from bowl concessions, and one that does not only operate on football Saturdays.
- Bars, restaurants, and shops integrated into the stadium footprint, adding service points with schedules that extend past the season.
- Expanded event bookings — concerts and special events managed by OVG, which puts dates on a calendar that used to be almost entirely football.
The construction work itself is contracted separately and is not stadium hospitality employment. What the phases deliver is.
Roles and pay context
Kansas follows the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, with no higher state floor. That is the honest baseline: posted rates here are materially lower than in Baltimore, Atlanta, or the Bay Area. Operators do pay above the federal minimum, because in a college town they compete with every restaurant in Lawrence for the same labor pool, but check the number in the listing.
| Role | What it involves | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Concessions attendant | Bowl-level stand service and restocking | Highest headcount; standard entry point |
| Cashier | Point of sale on game days | Minimal experience required |
| Premium attendant | Club-level and premium service | Covers multiple Kansas Athletics venues |
| Dining club service | Membership dining in the club levels | Table-service experience expected |
| Line cook / prep | Kitchen production across the stadium | Steadier hours than in-bowl roles |
| Stocking and warehouse | Pre-event product movement | Early call times, physical work |
| Venue operations and events | Year-round stadium and conference center work | Full-time; distinct from event-day hiring |
Six home games is not a job — the Kansas Athletics calendar is
Kansas football plays six or seven home dates in a typical season. On its own that is an occasional shift, not an income. The reason stadium work in Lawrence is viable is that one operator holds the whole athletics account:
- July–August — football hiring, built around the home opener.
- September–November — the football season, plus the annual Sunflower Showdown against Kansas State.
- September–October — basketball hiring for Allen Fieldhouse opens in the same window.
- November–March — seventeen or more basketball home dates through the winter.
- Year-round — conference center events, the dining club, and OVG-booked concerts and special events.
Applying to OVG with availability across both football and basketball is the practical route to a real schedule here. Availability for football Saturdays alone makes you a marginal hire.
Getting to work
- The stadium is at 1450 Schwegler Drive on the KU campus in Lawrence, a short walk from Allen Fieldhouse.
- Staff parking on campus is assigned separately from fan lots on game days; confirm your access point with your employer rather than following public event signage.
- Lawrence Transit and the KU on Wheels campus buses serve the area, with limited service after late kickoffs.
- The stadium is open-air with a natural grass field. Early-season games in Kansas can be genuinely hot, and November dates can be cold and windy — dress for the shift, not the forecast at call time.
Venue background
Kansas Memorial Stadium opened in 1921 and was dedicated to the 125 University of Kansas students who died in the First World War — the memorial is the reason for the name, and it is treated seriously on campus. It is one of the oldest college football stadiums in the country and has been renovated and expanded repeatedly across a century of use. The current transformation, the Gateway District, is the largest project in its history.
Fast facts
- Location: Lawrence, Kansas (1450 Schwegler Dr)
- Team: Kansas Jayhawks football (NCAA, Big 12)
- Capacity: 47,233
- Opened: 1921
- Dedicated to: the 125 KU students who died in the First World War
- Surface: Natural grass
- Current project: Gateway District, Phase I opened August 2025
- Hospitality operator: Oak View Group, from 2024, replacing Sodexo Live!
Major events hosted
- Kansas Jayhawks football home games since 1921
- Big 12 Conference football
- The Sunflower Showdown against Kansas State
- Concerts and special events, expanding as the Gateway District develops
Related pages
- Operator profile: Oak View Group
- Previous operator: Sodexo Live!
- Sister venue: Allen Fieldhouse
- Live posting: Kansas Athletics Premium Attendant
- The operator change: Kansas selects Oak View Group