MECC Maastricht
MECC Maastricht - Auditorium 1, the 1,068-seat plenary auditorium
MECC Maastricht is the exhibition and congress centre of Maastricht, set in the Randwyck district in the far south of the Netherlands, with the Belgian and German borders only a few kilometres away.
The venue pairs roughly 30,000 square metres of exhibition space, spread across the North Hall, the South Hall, the West Hall and the Expo Foyer, with a purpose-built congress centre, and it can host congresses of up to 5,000 participants or run several events alongside one another.
Auditorium 1 seats 1,068 and Auditorium 2 seats 574, and opened up as Auditorium 1+2 they seat 1,642 in theatre style. The 2,500 square metre Expo Foyer takes up to 2,000 people, while 55 break-out and meeting rooms across three levels, named after world cities, mountain ranges and rivers, carry the parallel sessions from boardroom size upwards.
The North Hall and the South Hall each measure 10,000 square metres with a free height of 10 to 12.5 metres and a floor load of 3,000 kilograms per square metre, so plenary rooms for as many as 4,500 guests can be built from scratch inside them. Bar Bistro SAAM is the on-site restaurant, the Brightlands Foyer and the Trajectum handle receptions and registration, and catering runs through the in-house partner Vermaat.
MECC Maastricht is a five-minute walk from Maastricht-Randwyck station, offers 2,200 parking spaces on site, and sits within reach of some 6,000 hotel rooms in the Maastricht area. The renovated congress centre holds a BREEAM-NL In Use certificate rated very good, and 1,532 solar panels supply part of the building's energy.
The centre is the long-standing home of TEFAF Maastricht and InterClassics, and it has hosted international medical and scientific congresses for more than three decades in partnership with Maastricht University and the Brightlands Maastricht Health Campus. Dutch trade magazine Meetings named it Best Conference Location in 2021 and Best Meeting Location in 2023.
Room / Space | Theatre | Classroom | Banquet (rounds) | Cabaret | Reception (standing) | Boardroom | U-shape | Area (m²) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hangar (main hall) | 150-1000 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2000 |
Koepelzaal | 375 | 200 | 270 | 200 | 400 | — | 54 | 450 |
Gouden Zaal (Golden Room) | 80 | null | 70 | null | 100 | 80 | null | null |
St. Olofs Chapel | 300 | 160 | 200 | 175 | 380 | 60 | 54 | 353 |
De Theaterzaal | 350 | — | 240 | 100 | 500 | 350 | — | 200 |
Whole venue (canal house) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 87 |
Grote zaal (Main hall) | 400 | — | 250 | — | 650 | — | — | null |
The Pavilion | 150 | null | 120 | null | 200 | null | null | 240 |
The Balcony | null | null | null | null | 200 | null | null | 200 |
Main hall | null | null | null | null | 200 | null | null | null |
Prins IV | 35 | null | null | null | 60 | null | null | null |
Two Space | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 140 |
ZES (sixth floor) | 150 | null | 120 | null | 200 | null | null | 300 |
Main space | — | — | — | — | 900 | — | — | 600 |
De Wintertuin | 200 | null | 200 | null | 300 | null | null | null |
Room 1.1 | 500 | 125 | — | 210 | 425 | 68 | 54 | 425 |
The Home | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 190 |
De Deel | null | null | null | null | 500 | null | null | null |
De Martinus | 110 | — | 120 | 80 | 200 | — | — | 185 |
Kelder | null | null | null | null | 180 | null | null | 168 |
The Boardroom | null | null | null | null | null | 12 | null | null |
The Exhibit Floor | 220 | null | null | null | 220 | null | null | null |
Great Hall | null | null | 800 | null | 1000 | null | null | 1235 |
Tuesday Exclusive - whole 23rd floor | null | null | null | null | 300 | null | null | null |
North Hall | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 10000 |
Grote Zaal | 1755 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 2400 |
The Terrace | null | null | null | null | 220 | null | null | null |
VR space | — | — | — | — | 1000 | — | — | 1200 |
De Cappon | 30 | — | 24 | 24 | 42 | — | — | 65 |
The Family | null | null | null | null | null | 12 | null | null |
Room 1.2 | 160 | 48 | — | 80 | 125 | 44 | 32 | 170 |
De Stal | null | null | null | null | 200 | null | null | null |
Roofterras (Rooftop) | 100 | — | 150 | — | 400 | — | — | null |
Ground floor (Begane grond) | null | null | 85 | null | 500 | null | null | null |
The Beachroom | 220 | null | 180 | null | 280 | null | null | 320 |
South Hall | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 10000 |
Gravelaar Keuken | null | null | null | 16 | 55 | 16 | null | 58 |
Grote Zaal Foyer | null | null | 800 | null | 1500 | null | null | 1400 |
Foyer | 350 | null | 100 | null | 200 | null | null | null |
Balcony | 60 | — | 90 | — | 100 | — | — | 140 |
Work Out | null | null | null | null | 100 | null | null | 65 |
Cooking Studio | 40 | null | 40 | 30 | 60 | null | null | null |
Lensvelt Gallery | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Theater | 340 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 339 |
UnbeaTable | 141 | 92 | null | 81 | null | 51 | 45 | 133 |
De Branderij | 180 | null | 150 | null | 200 | null | null | null |
Balkon & Loge | 15 | — | 40 | 10 | 60 | 15 | — | 45 |
Mezzanine | 30 | 10 | 50 | null | 100 | null | null | 110 |
Breakout rooms (18 total) | 40-250 | — | — | — | — | — | — | null |
St. Olofs Chapel + Mezzanine | 330 | 170 | 250 | 210 | 520 | null | null | 463 |
The Lounge | null | null | 180 | null | 220 | null | null | null |
The Lab | null | null | null | null | null | 12 | null | null |
The Terrace | 120 | null | 80 | null | 150 | null | null | 180 |
Garden Room & Kitchen | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
De Boerenhoeve | null | null | null | null | 100 | null | null | null |
The Corner | 59 | 27 | null | 33 | null | 27 | 24 | 66 |
Olijf & Citroen (combined) | 10 | null | 10 | null | 15 | null | null | null |
West Hall | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | 7200 |
Foyer | — | — | — | — | 100 | — | — | 109 |
Walk The Talk | 80 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 65 |
's Pauzen Noenzaal | null | null | null | null | 60 | null | null | 60 |
Extra spaces | — | — | — | — | 300 | — | — | null |
De Studio | 100 | — | 50 | 40 | 100 | 100 | — | 75 |
Nassauzaal | null | null | 70 | null | 125 | 44 | null | null |
Museumplein | null | null | 200 | null | 300 | null | null | 450 |
De Stokerij | 280 | null | 280 | null | 300 | null | null | null |
Room 1.1 + 1.2 | 550 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 650 |
Hal Grote Zaal | null | null | 900 | null | 1100 | null | null | 2320 |
De Cortenbach | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | — | 54 |
Het Bankgeheim | 40 | — | 30 | 20 | 50 | 40 | — | 40 |
De Hef | 80 | null | 60 | null | 100 | null | null | null |
Entire venue (combined) | 300 | null | 300 | null | 500 | null | null | 740 |
De Stal + De Boerenhoeve | null | null | null | null | 300 | null | null | null |
De Boer | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | — | 37 |
Singel 1 | 40 | 30 | 60 | 40 | 90 | 20 | 20 | 70 |
Shoichiro Toyoda | 225 | 150 | null | 180 | null | null | null | 315 |
Verhagen Dakfoyer | 60 | 24 | 40 | 36 | 60 | null | 24 | 84 |
The Worldbrand | null | null | null | null | null | 8 | null | null |
Pauskeuken | null | null | null | null | 50 | null | null | 50 |
Randstadzaal | null | null | 30 | null | 30 | 20 | null | null |
Expo Foyer | 2000 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 2500 |
Hey You | null | null | null | null | null | 14 | null | 35 |
Foyer A | 90 | 42 | 40 | 60 | 70 | 40 | 35 | 108.5 |
The Brainstorm | 50 | null | null | null | null | 16 | null | null |
Room 1.3 | 60 | 18 | — | 24 | — | 20 | 16 | 55 |
CreaTable | 45 | 27 | null | 30 | null | 26 | 22 | 50 |
Kiki | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Room 1.4 | 60 | 24 | — | 30 | — | 28 | 22 | 75 |
De Foyer | 40 | — | 30 | 20 | 50 | 40 | — | 40 |
Balzaal | 80 | null | 60 | 60 | 100 | 46 | 40 | 112 |
De Zwaan | 80 | null | 70 | null | 100 | null | null | null |
Auditorium 1 | 1068 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 944 |
Garden (outdoor) | null | null | null | null | null | null | null | null |
Foyer B | 20 | 20 | 12 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 49 |
The Freddy | null | null | null | null | null | 5 | null | null |
Bar Bley | — | — | 250 | — | 250 | — | — | 280 |
The Entrance | null | null | null | null | 50 | null | null | null |
Jurriaanse Zaal | 465 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 532 |
UnforgetTable | 30 | 18 | null | 22 | null | 20 | 18 | 47 |
Henry Ford | 100 | null | null | null | null | null | null | 175 |