Canvas Stadium Bartender | Part-Time | Colorado State University

Spectra; Fort Collins (CO); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team as a Bartender at Canvas Stadium during CSU Football games. You'll be responsible for serving beverages, ensuring excellent customer service, and maintaining a clean bar. This part-time role offers competitive pay and flexible hours while engaging in a vibrant event environment.

Benefits

401(k) savings plan and matching

Accrued paid leave up to 48 hours

Qualifications

• Six months or more experience bartending.
• Ability to work flexible hours including nights and weekends.
• Must be 18 years of age or older.

Responsibilities

• Serve alcoholic beverages and maintain excellent service standards.
• Check IDs and handle cash accurately.
• Maintain a clean and sanitary work station.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Ability to prioritize tasks

Education

Bartending school preferred

Job description

Oak View Group

Oak View Group is the global leader in venue development, management, and premium hospitality services for the live event industry. Offering an unmatched, 360-degree solution set for a collection of world-class owned venues and a client roster that includes the most influential, highest attended arenas, convention centers, music festivals, performing arts centers, and cultural institutions on the planet.

Position Summary

The Bartender is responsible for the service of all beverages, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic. They must be personable, professional and able to work in an ever changing fast-paced environment. The employee must maintain excellent attendance and be available to work events as scheduled per business need.

The football season opener is Saturday, September 6th. Typical shifts are 9-12 hours per game depending on what location you are working. Expectations are that you will be able to work and commit to all seven home games. Exceptions will be made considering the circumstances. Catering events are also a possiblitiy, depending on available shifts.

2025 CSU Football Schedule:

Saturday, September 6th, Time TBA: CSU vs Northern Colorado

Saturday, September 20th, Time TBA: CSU vs UTSA

Saturday, September 27th, Time TBA: CSU vs Washington State

Saturday, October 11th, Time TBA: CSU vs Fresno State

Saturday, October 18th, Time TBA: CSU vs Hawaii

Saturday, November 8th, Time TBA: CSU vs UNLV

Saturday, November 29th, Time TBA: CSU vs Air Force

This role pays an hourly rate of $13.65 and is tip eligible.

Benefits for Part-Time roles: 401(k) Savings Plan and 401(k) matching. Also, OVG provides part-time, seasonal, and internship employees with one hour of accrued paid leave per 30 hours worked, up to 48 hours per year.

This position will remain open until August 29, 2025.

About the Venue

Canvas Stadium is an outdoor college football stadium in the western United States, located on the campus of Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. The on-campus stadium at Colorado State University opened in the summer of 2017 and brought Rams football games back to campus for the first time in 50 years, providing countless new engagement opportunities for the entire university.

Responsibilities

• Must demonstrate ability to meet the company standard for excellent in the areas of guest service, interaction with co-workers and uniform standards.
• Follow the bar pre-shift notes and bar menus and provide service as described.
• Serve alcoholic beverages following all proper procedures for serving alcoholic drinks including state/federal regulations pertaining to the distribution of alcohol.
• Responsible to learn or have knowledge of various beer, wine varieties & spirits available, and be able to learn to suggestively upsell products to guests.
• Must pour drinks responsibly in accordance with company standards for serving size.
• Must check guest’s ID in accordance with state/federal regulations to verify minimum age requirement for the purchase of alcoholic beverages.
• Must communicate a cut-off to a guest as required.
• Listening and responding to any customer requests or concerns.
• Bartenders are expected to de-escalate intoxicated guest situations.
• If a guest becomes confrontational, belligerent, or uses extreme profanity, the bartender may contact management or security as required.
• Contact a management member if he/she is unable to resolve or make a decision beyond the scope of standard decision-making.
• Request additional product or restock product as required
• Ability to handle cash accurately is required.
• Employee is responsible for issued bank at his/her bar.
• Maintains clean and sanitary work station at all times.
• Ensures bar equipment is clean & well maintained.
• Other duties as assigned such as set-up and breakdown of bar equipment as required and assisting with organization of the cooler.

Qualifications

• Six months or more experience bartending.
• Ability to prioritize tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to be self-directed while working in a team-oriented environment.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule including nights, weekends and long hours.
• Bartending school preferred.
• All applicants must be 18 years of age or older.

Strengthened by our Differences. United to Make a Difference

At OVG, we understand that to continue positively disrupting the sports and live entertainment industry, we need a diverse team to help us do it. We also believe that inclusivity drives innovation, strengthens ourpeople, improves ourservice, and raises ourexcellence. Our success is rooted in creating environments that reflect and celebrate the diverse communities in which we operate and serve, and this is the reason we are committed to amplifying voices from all different backgrounds.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Oak View Group is committed to equal employment opportunity. We will not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on any legally recognized basis (“protected class”) including, but not limited to veteran status, uniform service member status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information or any other protected class under federal, state, or local law.