Concession & Entertainment Equipment Repair

A-1 Services Group, based in Oak Creek, repairs concession equipment across southeastern Wisconsin: popcorn machines, hot dog rollers and warmers, fryers, ice machines, coolers and freezers, and the electrical circuits feeding the stand.

Venues include stadiums and arenas, ballparks, summer festivals and beer gardens, movie theaters and bowling centers, ice arenas and fairgrounds.

Call 414-404-9739 and tell dispatch what quit and how long the event still has to run. Anything that stops sales while doors are open moves to the front of the queue, and our technicians are spread across the region instead of sitting at one shop.

Smarter still is booking a check ahead of your biggest dates: opening night, a festival weekend, a playoff push. Half an hour then often spares you a dead fryer in front of 15,000 people.

They live outside, often on temporary power. Heat, dust and grass clippings clog condensers, long extension runs and generators can starve equipment of voltage, and rain and humidity find every worn gasket and cord.

Before a season, it’s worth having circuits and voltage checked along with the equipment. A fryer or ice machine that runs fine indoors can behave very differently on a hot afternoon at the end of a long power run.

Get the water out. In an unheated Wisconsin stand, whatever sits in ice machines, filters or supply lines can freeze solid and crack valves, tubing and components, and nobody discovers it until spring startup.

Give refrigeration and cooking gear a clean, shut it down the right way, and seal it against damp and pests. A fall shutdown visit makes spring far quicker and cheaper.

Yes, and in this market they matter as much as summer venues. Theaters, bowling centers and ice arenas run concessions year round, and their equipment works hardest exactly when outdoor venues are closed.

That makes late fall a good time for maintenance on indoor venue equipment, and spring the right time for outdoor stands, which is how A-1 schedules concession accounts.

Yes. Besides coolers, ice machines and fryers, A-1 works on the equipment concessions actually live on: popcorn kettles, roller grills and bun warmers, cheese and chili dispensers, pretzel cabinets and heated displays.

On event days these run for hours without a break, so elements, thermostats and motors wear out faster than they would in a restaurant. A preseason check usually catches it first.