Function rooms

Whether trade fairs, conferences, meetings, concerts or special events: Messe Essen, Congress Center Essen and Grugahalle offer plenty of room for your ideas and provide you with an excellent support team.

Exhibition halls

The Essen trade fair venue offers 110,000 square meters of exhibition space divided among 9 exhibition halls plus the Galeria. The halls are interconnected, but can be individually separated.

Height Load capacity
Hall 1 7 m 20 kN/m²
Hall 1A 6 m 20 kN/m²
Hall 2 7 m 20 kN/m²
Hall 3 11 m 20 kN/m²
Galeria 16 m 20 kN/m²
Hall 4 5 - 12 m 20 kN/m²
Hall 5 10.80 m 20 kN/m²
Hall 6 11 m 20 kN/m²
Hall 7 7,80-9,50 m 20 kN/m²
Hall 8 11 m 20 kN/m²
Rows Parliament
Hall Europa 950 699
Hall Berlin 182 135
Hall Panorama 242 155
Hall New York 148 83
Hall Mailand 148 83
Hall Brüssel 169 83
CC West Foyer GF - -
Foyer Hall Europa - -
Rows Parliament
Hall Deutschland 650 388
Hall Rheinland 161 117
Room L 90 60
Room M 60 36
Room N 60 36
Room M+N 140 90
Room R 40 18
Room S 34 21
Room T 34 18
Room S+T 82 45
Room U 28 18
Room Z - 20
CC South Foyer - -
Rows Parliament
Hall Essen 720 486
Hall Ruhr 315 192
Room A 60 36
Room B 30 18
Room A+B 94 60
Room C 60 27
Room D 60 27
Room E 63 27
Room D+E 143 81
Room F 97 63
Room K 97 54
Foyer East 1127 689
Foyer Hall Ruhr - -
Foyer Hall Essen - -
Foyer Entrance CC East - -
Foyer A - F - -

Area without marketable hall ancillary spaces

Congress Center Essen

Whether you are holding a general meeting, conference, convention, workshop, office party or prom - a flexible space with a high quality multimedia features for your individual event concept awaits you at the Essen exhibition centre.

Rows Parliament
Hall Europa 950 699
Hall Berlin 182 135
Hall Panorama 242 155
Hall New York 148 83
Hall Mailand 148 83
Hall Brüssel 169 83
CC West Foyer GF - -
Foyer Hall Europa - -
Rows Parliament
Hall Deutschland 650 388
Hall Rheinland 161 117
Room L 90 60
Room M 60 36
Room N 60 36
Room M+N 140 90
Room R 40 18
Room S 34 21
Room T 34 18
Room S+T 82 45
Room U 28 18
Room Z - 20
CC South Foyer - -
Rows Parliament
Hall Essen 720 486
Hall Ruhr 315 192
Room A 60 36
Room B 30 18
Room A+B 94 60
Room C 60 27
Room D 60 27
Room E 63 27
Room D+E 143 81
Room F 97 63
Room K 97 54
Foyer East 1127 689
Foyer Hall Ruhr - -
Foyer Hall Essen - -
Foyer Entrance CC East - -
Foyer A - F - -
Height Load capacity
Hall 1 7 m 20 kN/m²
Hall 1A 6 m 20 kN/m²
Hall 2 7 m 20 kN/m²
Hall 3 11 m 20 kN/m²
Hall 4 5 - 12 m 20 kN/m²
Hall 5 10.80 m 20 kN/m²
Hall 6 11 m 20 kN/m²
Hall 7 7,80-9,50 m 20 kN/m²
Hall 8 11 m 20 kN/m²
Galeria 16 m 20 kN/m²

The indicated head counts vary (rectangular/round), depending the on type of table.

Grugahalle

The Grugahalle is a particularly versatile and flexible multi-purpose hall with an outstanding tradition of success.

Non-seated/partially seated Rows Gala
Grugahalle
with east stage 7,480 6,637 1,200
with south stage
Foyer
Room G 234 140
Room H 280 150

Stage depth: 9 m
Further stage options, such as centre stage, are possible.

Convention Center Essen

As limitless as your visions: The new Convention Center Essen.
Would you like to offer a stage to a large circle of participants? Exhibiting trucks indoor as a presentation area? Carrying out workshops with small groups? Celebrating a big gala in the evening? Arranging a concert after a conference? Implementing extraordinary gastronomic concepts for your event?
The new Convention Center Essen makes all that and much more possible in one central location.
This way to the Convention Center Essen.