Palazzo del Ghiaccio and the Frigoriferi Milanesi complex in Milan can host company events, receptions, gala dinners, conferences, press presentations, fashion shows and exhibitions. The main hall covers more than 2,400 square meters, and the neighboring Frigoriferi Milanesi rooms add spaces from 220 to 653 square meters. The site is at Via Piranesi 10, 20137 Milan.
Seminars and company events
The venue describes itself as a multi-purpose space for the widest range of events. The official text lists company meetings, conferences, gala evenings, trade fairs, exhibitions, concerts and fashion shows. The main hall can be fully blacked out, which suits product launches, screenings and staged presentations. It is lit by bubble lamps and floor spotlights that show the iron arches of the roof.
Guests arrive through a large foyer with a reception area and cloakroom. The site gives its electrical capacity as 150 kW, a useful figure for technical teams planning sound, video and lighting.
The Frigoriferi Milanesi rooms next door suit smaller formats. Carroponte (220 square meters) is equipped with a sound system and a video projector and is described for press conferences, presentations, exhibitions and conferences. Binario (240 square meters) is described as highly customizable and fit for conferences, presentations, press conferences and theater shows.
Weddings and receptions
The official sites do not offer weddings. They do mention gala evenings, which makes the venue a candidate for large corporate receptions and dinners. Anyone planning a private celebration should ask the events team whether it is possible.
Rooms and capacities
The sites give surface areas, not seating counts. Ask the events team for capacities in your layout.
The Palazzo del Ghiaccio has a total surface of 5,330 square meters. The main parterre exceeds 2,400 square meters. The entrance is 337 square meters, with a pre-fitted area for guest reception and cloakroom. A skate room of 415 square meters in the basement is available for dressing rooms and service needs. Other spaces are the Sala Piranesi, Sala Vittoria, Balconata and Terrazza.
In the Frigoriferi Milanesi building, Cubo is a square hall of about 653 square meters, 33 by 27 meters, set up for gala dinners, exhibitions, fashion shows, shoots and filming. Galleria measures 43 by 14 meters, 630 square meters, with a row of columns down the middle. Gola, the entrance corridor, is 36 by 6 meters and is used for exhibitions. Several ground-floor rooms connect to each other: Cubo, Galleria, Gola, Carroponte and Binario.
Catering
The events team offers design, technical and logistics support through a selected network of suppliers for catering, audio, video and lighting. The same network covers hospitality staff and interpreters. The team can also help with paperwork and permits. A restaurant, La Cucina dei Frigoriferi, is linked from the Frigoriferi Milanesi site.
History and setting
The Palazzo del Ghiaccio was inaugurated in 1923 by Count Alberto Bonacossa, a multiple national figure skating champion. Its 1,800 square meter rink was then the largest covered ice rink in Europe and one of the biggest in the world. After wartime bombing it reopened and stayed active until 2002. It hosted boxing, fencing, basketball, fashion shows, film screenings and concerts. A restoration completed in 2007 made it modular.
The Frigoriferi Milanesi complex was a cold-storage depot. Goods for the city arrived from the nearby Porta Vittoria station and were kept in refrigerated warehouses. The Carroponte hall still has its original overhead crane. Today the complex also hosts contemporary art programs.
Getting there
The address is Via Piranesi 10, 20137 Milan. The events team can be reached through the contact pages of the official sites.
