The Scheibenholz racecourse in Leipzig rents out its grounds and historic grandstand for company events, conferences, summer parties and receptions. The site covers more than 20,000 square meters, and the covered grandstand building takes about 1,000 guests. Each area can be booked on its own or combined with others. The venue is the Galopprennbahn Scheibenholz at Rennbahnweg 2 A, in the south of Leipzig.
Seminars and company events
The venue's request form lists workshops, conferences, summer parties, team events, customer events, trade shows, exhibitions and roadshows, indoors, outdoors or both. The covered grandstand suits outdoor conferences, award ceremonies, panel discussions, readings, concerts and screenings. It has close to 750 seats and a built-in sound system. A central box, the Königsloge, serves as a stage for hosts, speakers and panels.
The reference page shows what has been held here: the summer party of an engineering consultancy, a staff party for a regional savings bank, an autumn party for an IT service company, a security technology roadshow, and a graduation ceremony for about 350 guests on the grandstand, run with the house sound system and microphones.
Rooms and capacities
The grandstand building holds about 1,000 guests in total. Four boxes named Baden Baden, Longchamp, Ascot and Meydan adjoin the covered seating and offer about 50 places together. The promenade along the balustrade adds 150 places and is presented for corporate dinners and business receptions with a view over the whole course.
The terrace covers about 800 square meters. It is used for summer parties, networking events, receptions, cocktail parties and barbecues, and the venue offers a lighting concept adapted to the company. Directly behind it, on the ground floor of the grandstand, the Rennbahn-Club is a furnished room with a bar counter and restrooms, linked to the terrace and suited to an after-show party with a DJ.
South of the grandstand, the Ringtoto is a former betting building. Its courtyard of about 1,500 square meters hosts markets, roadshows and events with small concert or culture stages for up to 900 guests, and a beer garden bar operates there. Nearby, the Dammtribüne is a tree-lined avenue that appears among the event areas in the references.
Catering
The pages we read do not say whether catering is in-house or open to outside caterers. Ask when you send your request.
History and setting
Horse racing has taken place at Scheibenholz since 1867. The grandstand was built in 1907 to plans by the Leipzig architect Otto Paul Burghardt and was renovated between 2008 and 2012. The Ringtoto, one of three betting buildings on the grounds, was converted in 2013, and a small listed building known as the Damm-WC stands close by. The course lies in a green part of Leipzig, and the venue also runs race days, markets and open-air cinema evenings, so ask which dates are free before you plan.
Getting there
The address is Rennbahnweg 2 A, 04107 Leipzig. The request form asks for a preferred date and time, the type of event and whether it is indoor, outdoor or both.
