Rotterdam Ahoy will mark its 50th anniversary in January of 2021. This milestone will be celebrated in the new, multi-purpose convention centre. Opening its doors at the end of 2020, the new venue consists of 35 rooms and a large hall that serves as an auditorium, music venue and theatre.
Construction of the new Rotterdam Ahoy Convention Centre will begin immediately after the complete renovation of five exhibition and event halls on the west side of Ahoy. The new halls will use floor space efficiently to create more exhibition space, enhanced by increased attention to climate control and other hall upgrades such as new lighting and improved loading bays.
The project is on schedule: all halls will have their new look by the summer of 2018. The main room in the expansion is called the RTM Stage. It is the largest auditorium in the Netherlands, with removable stands to create a music hall for 7,000 people as well as an additional exhibition hall.
The hall renovations and the convention centre are part of the large-scale qualitative transformation of the Rotterdam south area (Hart van Zuid) with the goal of a new and vibrant city centre. The proposed new area will serve as a wonderful place to stay, where residents, visitors and business owners can feel completely at home.
The area’s development will also provide significant added value to the south and to Rotterdam as a whole: increased quality, more jobs and better facilities.
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