The Best Way to Clean Stadium Restrooms

Clean stadium restrooms enhance the game day experience for everyone. Sure, sports fans focus mostly on the action, but they also buy lots of concessions. In fact 72% of US fans always or usually purchase food at a game, while 76% always or usually buy a beverage, spending an average total of $42 per game, according to this study by Oracle Food and Beverage.

That inevitably leads to a trip (or two) to the restroom.

Fans hope to find clean, fresh-smelling spaces with short lines and well-stocked soap and towel dispensers. Considering the cost of those concessions, and tickets prices in general, stadium managers should strive for nothing less. That’s why cleaning stadium restrooms may be the most important job on game day and beyond.

Stadium Restrooms Set the Tone

The modern stadium boasts lots of amenities and features including quality food choices, and VIP areas. But of all the fancy bells and whistles, none matches the impact of well-designed, clean restrooms.

“You add a restaurant or a walkway feature to the stadium, some people will use it, but everyone is going to use the restroom,” insists Scott Jenkins, general manager of Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium in this article. “So, the functionality, the quantity, the aesthetics of your bathrooms is critical.”

The reputation of famously bad stadium restrooms can follow a team well into the future. RingCentral Coliseum, home of the Oakland Raiders, in Oakland, CA, was consistently rated as having the worst restrooms in the NFL. The team has since left the city for Allegiant Stadium, a brand new facility in Las Vegas, NV that also hosted the 2024 Super Bowl.

Best Way to Clean Stadium Restrooms

Cleaning any restroom is difficult, but servicing stadium restrooms, with their high number of fixtures, is especially hard. Allegiant Stadium has 297 restrooms and 1,430 toilets and urinals. That comes to one lavatory for every 120 men and one for every 60 women.

This abundance of restrooms makes for shorter waiting times and better traffic flow. It also means janitorial staff must keep track of many more spaces during game time. Smart cleaning managers rely on high-capacity soap and towel dispensers to cut down on restocking. Connecting these units to the internet gives custodians insight on which areas need service right away.

Most cleaning work starts after game play ends and fans go home. This is when cleaners can service every inch of the restroom. But they should not have to get up close and personal with that mess. That’s why many stadiums rely on advanced No-Touch Cleaning® systems from Kaivac.

The KaiVac® 2750 was designed to clean high volume restrooms with 25 or more fixtures. This powerhouse of a machine lets workers apply automatically diluted cleaning solution to every part of the restroom including walls, partitions, floors, and fixtures. An attached grout brush can be used on stubborn stains and dirt. Then workers power rinse the cleaning solution and dirt to the floor using the machine’s 500 PSI indoor pressure washer. Finally, they vacuum up the mess, leaving floors clean and dry.

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Frequently Asked Questions: Cleaning Stadium Restrooms

How much do sports fans spend on concessions, and why does that matter for stadium restrooms? According to Oracle Food and Beverage research, 72% of US fans always or usually buy food and 76% buy a beverage at games, spending about $42 per game on average — and all of that food and drink inevitably leads fans to the restroom, making restroom quality directly tied to the value fans feel they got for that spending.

How many restrooms does a large modern stadium typically need? Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, built after the Raiders left Oakland's poorly-reviewed RingCentral Coliseum, has 297 restrooms with 1,430 toilets and urinals combined — roughly one lavatory for every 120 men and one for every 60 women.

What's the KaiVac 2750, and why is it suited to stadium restrooms? The KaiVac® 2750 is built for high-volume restrooms with 25 or more fixtures. It applies automatically diluted cleaning solution to walls, partitions, floors, and fixtures, uses an attached grout brush on stubborn stains, then power-rinses everything to the floor with a 500 PSI indoor pressure washer before vacuuming up the resulting mess.

How do stadiums keep track of which restrooms need attention during a game? Many stadiums install high-capacity, internet-connected soap and towel dispensers that alert custodial staff in real time when a specific restroom needs restocking or service, letting a limited crew prioritize the busiest locations across dozens of restrooms during an event.

Recommended Kaivac Solutions for Stadium Restroom Cleaning

For high-volume venues matching the scale covered in this article, these Kaivac products are strong fits:

• KaiVac® 2750 — the high-volume system described in this article, built for restrooms with 25 or more fixtures like those found in stadiums.
• Kaivac No-Touch Cleaning® System — the broader No-Touch Cleaning platform stadiums rely on for touch-free, fast restroom turnaround.
• KaiBlooey™ Restroom Cleaner — mild-acid cleaner suited for the stubborn grout stains this article notes require a dedicated grout brush.