Nationwide Arena Adds New Suite Menus and Johnson’s Ice Cream for 2026–27
Delaware North’s Blue Jackets season rollout spans premium dining, loge and terrace service, concourse concessions and a new arena-wide ice cream partnership.
Nationwide Arena and Delaware North Sportservice have introduced new food, beverage and guest-service offerings for the Columbus Blue Jackets’ 2026–27 season. The rollout reaches suites, loge and terrace seating, in-seat service, The Grille, general concessions and the Fanatics Sportsbook restaurant.
The suite menu adds shareable dishes, entrees and desserts, including Arch City Poutine, a Cubano sandwich, burnt-end mac and cheese and a root beer float poutine made with funnel cake fries. Two batched zero-proof cocktails, the Mock-So Mule and Cosmo-Not, both use house-made smoked blueberry syrup. Suite dessert service will also feature a cart from new arena partner Johnson’s Real Ice Cream.
For loge and terrace guests, in-seat service and The Grille, the new selections include Korean beef nachos, a Mediterranean chopped salad and CBJ Shareable Nachos. The beverage menu adds a Blueberry Old Fashioned made with Wild Turkey 101 and smoked blueberry syrup.
General concessions will add a Surf & Turf Burger topped with lobster salad, pimento fried rice, loaded tempura shrimp and the Walki Taki, which serves beef and toppings over blue Takis. The Fanatics Sportsbook restaurant is adding a pork belly BLT and salmon burger.
Johnson’s will sell products throughout the arena, including the Blue Line Bar, ice cream sandwiches and rotating scoops and sundaes. Delaware North also says the season’s concourse changes include more grab-and-go options, updated retail and self-checkout.
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