Stadslab Groningen hosts company events for 5 to 2,500 people on the former Suikerunie site, beside the western ring road of Groningen. The indoor hall holds 450 guests. The festival terrace and large tents extend the capacity to 2,500. The site also has what it calls the largest open-air stage in the Netherlands. Meetings, lunches, dinners, receptions, conferences and weddings are all sold here, and the venue is available every day of the week on request.
Seminars and company events
Business events here suit conferences, association anniversaries, festivals and outdoor events. A meeting package covers coffee, tea, sweets and water during the session. The hall has a beamer and a sound system with a roaming microphone, and the technical setup can be extended. The meeting package can be expanded with a lunch, drinks or a dinner. The team also offers invitations, a champagne reception, gadgets and full turnkey production. Organizers can pick a complete package or assemble their own event from separate services, including a theme and activities. An online planner shows the cost as options are chosen and ends with a quote. A preferred date can be entered in the planner.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings take place on one site: ceremony, reception, toast with cake, dinner and party. The venue is available exclusively to the couple and their guests for the whole wedding day. The site describes an industrial setting with plenty of light and space for the ceremony, with decoration by flowers and lighting. Dinner formats include a plated three-course dinner, a walking dinner, a walking buffet, a barbecue and food trucks. In the evening the hall turns into a party space with a DJ or a live band, a cocktail bar, a wine bar and specialty beers on tap. Fire baskets and lighting set up the outdoor area.
Rooms and capacities
The indoor space holds 450 people. With the festival terrace and tents the site reaches 2,500 people, which suits a conference, a society anniversary or a festival. The permanent open-air stage can serve as a main stage and has a capacity of up to 10,000 spectators. The site lists no separate rooms with individual capacities, so organizers should ask the team how the hall can be divided for a given group.
Catering
Catering comes from the venue's own kitchen. Basic lunches consist of freshly baked rolls and sandwiches, with soups, smoothies or warm snacks as additions, or a full lunch buffet. Dinners range from a walking dinner or buffet to a barbecue or a six-course dinner at laid tables, with the menu set together with the chefs. Drinks packages are adapted to the group. Snacks from the in-house kitchen include pinchos, charcuterie and local cheese boards.
History and setting
The venue sits on the robust former site of the Suikerunie sugar company. The industrial buildings and the open grounds give the venue its character, and the site presents it as an industrial event location in Groningen.
Getting there
Stadslab lies on the western ring road of Groningen, and the site stresses that it is easy to reach by car. Parking is free behind the Zeefgebouw, a short walk from the venue. The address is Suikerlaan 15 in Groningen.
