Supervisory Board and Shareholders Green-Light Future Programme for Exhibition Centre

Today’s meeting of the Supervisory Board of NürnbergMesse GmbH green-lighted the launch of a programme for the future that is intended to make the current Exhibition Centre in Nuremberg more sustainable, more digital, and even more flexible to use. NürnbergMesse will be investing more than half a billion euros in the project over the next ten years alone. The main focus will be on modernising the Frankenhalle and building a new Hall 3 together with an associated entry building. 

“NürnbergMesse and its events are an important economic driver for all of Bavaria and beyond. To keep Nuremberg among the world’s top 15 exhibition sites, we’re setting up a programme for the future that will systematically invest in an up-to-date, sustainable exhibition centre – more than half a billion euros in the next ten years alone,” said Supervisory Board Chairman Albert Füracker, Bavarian State Minister for Finance and Home Affairs. 

Future operations at the new building will emphasise sustainability. “Several years ago, with its Halls 3A and 3C, NürnbergMesse created genuine beacon monuments in terms of both sustainability and architecture for the City of Nuremberg as an exhibition site. The planning projects we’ve adopted today will continue along that same path, for our customers’ benefit,” said Nuremberg Mayor Marcus König, Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board. 

The Frankenhalle (Franconia Hall, Hall 11), built in 1984, will be gradually modernised by the end of the decade, while still ensuring that event operations are uninterrupted. The renovation will open up flexible new use opportunities for trade fairs, conventions, and other events. Then Hall 3, now more than 50 years old, will be replaced with a new building. The new structure, situated between Halls 3A and 3C, will enjoy significantly greater energy efficiency and functionality. An up-to-date new South Entry will open up access to the venue from the south, and thus help streamline visitor pathways – especially between the new building and Halls 3A and 3C – as well as improving logistical access to the halls.  

“The Supervisory Board and shareholders of NürnbergMesse have charted an important new course today for the future of our exhibition centre, to the greater benefit of our customers and partners in terms of both attendance experience, flexibility, and sustainability,” said NürnbergMesse Group CEO Peter Ottmann.
 

^{About the NürnbergMesse Group}

^{The NürnbergMesse Group was entered in the commercial register on 5 April 1974 as Nürnberger Messe- und Ausstellungsgesellschaft mbH (NMA), and is now one of the 15 largest exhibition companies in the world. The Group employs some 1,200 people at 15 international locations in Germany, Austria, Italy, Greece, Brazil, China, India, and the USA. It also has a network of international representatives in more than 100 other countries. Its portfolio comprises around 120 on-site and online exhibitions and conferences, focusing on five main areas: Retail & Consumer Goods, Building & Construction, Process Technology, Electronics & Security, and Social & Public. Its events secure more than 12,000 jobs and generate billions of euros in purchasing power and tax revenue every year, making NürnbergMesse a major economic driver for the Nuremberg Metropolitan Region and Germany as a whole. As an employer and organiser of major events, NürnbergMesse takes its responsibilities for people and the environment seriously. Its business activities are aligned with the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with the aim of achieving a CO2-neutral energy supply by 2028.}