Sander Stotland serves as the Down East Bird Dawgs’ Food & Beverage Manager, bringing a wealth of experience in the sports and entertainment industry as an award-winning, world-record-holding creator.
Some of Sander's experience includes roles like the Head of Concessions for the 17,000-seat Wells Fargo Arena, along with the 300,000 square foot Iowa Events Center. He also served as the General Manager of Food for the Sanford Pentagon and Sioux Falls Baseball Stadium, Sioux Falls, SD. Sander has organized numerous events, including concerts by Miranda Lambert, Tim McGraw, and Big and Rich. He's also organized various youth sports tournaments and multiple Division 1 basketball games.
In the past, Sander worked the NFL's Super Bowl in 2004, multiple NCAA Final Four and National Championship games, including three NCAA Division 2 Men's and Women's Basketball National Championships, and Multiple NCAA College Bowl Games.
Sander owned a Food and Beverage Company that provided services to four minor league baseball teams across three states. His creativity has helped invent WOW factor concession items such as the first commercially available TURDUKEN Hot Dog, which obtained USDA approval, and he holds the record for the world's most expensive concession Hot Dog, which has been featured in several publications. Look up the price, we dare you!
Additionally, Sander is the President/GM of a Collegiate Wood Bat League Team in Connecticut and Massachusetts and is a minority owner of a Summer Collegiate Wood Bat League Team in Massachusetts. Sander has also had success building and operating a 336-seat sports bar in Texas and was a member of the opening management team of NRG Stadium (Houston Texans) and the Toyota Center (Houston Rockets).
Prior to his career in the sports and entertainment industry, Sander achieved the rank of detective sergeant for the Manvel, TX police department, where he also participated in multi-jurisdictional gang and narcotics task forces working undercover.
