Grand Hall Zollverein takes congresses, shareholder meetings, galas, trade fairs and company parties for up to 2,500 people, as well as workshops and seminars in smaller divisible rooms. The venue fills the former suction and compressor hall of the Zollverein coking plant, a listed industrial building on the UNESCO World Heritage Site Zollverein in Essen.
Seminars and company events
The venue lists conferences, congresses, general meetings, roadshows, in-house fairs, awards, anniversaries, summer parties, Christmas parties and club nights. There is no minimum number of participants, and rooms can be booked for a single day. The team can supply the whole event: room hire, catering, furniture, stage sets and exhibition stands, signage and branding, sound, lighting and video, interpreting systems, streaming for hybrid events, a hotel booking service, transfers and event staff.
Rooms and capacities
The Grand Hall on the upper floor measures about 90 by 20 meters, with about 1,800 square meters net and 8 meters of clear height. It seats about 1,300 theatre style, about 800 in parliament rows, about 750 at round tables or about 1,000 at square tables, and holds about 2,400 for a standing concert.
The club area of 460 square meters net takes up to 450 standing, and the foyer of 360 square meters net takes up to 350 for a reception. In the Schalthaus, two rooms of 175 and 155 square meters each divide into four sections with mobile walls, for breakouts and workshops, next to a 215 square meter foyer with a 6.85 meter ceiling.
The building is air-conditioned and step-free, every event area has daylight and can be fully blacked out, and Wi-Fi runs in all rooms. For production teams, the floor takes 500 kilograms per square meter, rigging points carry 250 to 2,000 kilograms on a 3 by 6 meter grid, a 5-tonne goods lift serves the upper floor, and trucks up to 60 tonnes can unload at ground level. Storage, back offices and production rooms are on site.
Accommodation
There are no bedrooms in the venue. One hotel stands on the Zollverein site, and the venue works with the hotels nearby and runs a booking service for event guests.
Catering
Catering comes from three partner caterers who work the venue exclusively: Kirberg Catering, Lemonpie Catering and Franky's Gastronomie. The organiser picks one of them and builds the menu with that caterer.
History and setting
The hall belonged to the coking plant of the Zollverein colliery, whose site is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a cultural area with museums and design venues. The hall has been used for events since 2016 and keeps its steel structure and industrial character. The venue runs on green electricity and district heating.
Getting there
The address is Kokereiallee 9-11, 45141 Essen, reached via the road Im Welterbe. Essen Hauptbahnhof is about 10 minutes away and Düsseldorf Airport about 30 minutes, and shuttles can be arranged for both. Public transport stops are within walking distance. Up to 500 vehicles can park across the venue's own lot, a nearby garage and the parking of the Zollverein foundation, with charging points for electric cars on the venue's lot.
