With a new exhibition era presenting a whole range of new possibilitiesand events Neue Messe Friedrichshafen starts into a promising future.Just plain figures: ten halls with an exhibition space of 70,000 sqm, amulti purpose foyer, an open air exhibition ground with 12,000 sqm,5,000 parking spaces for visitors and 1,000 for exhibitors at the halls.
"The exhibition of short distances" - this slogan will gain in meaningat the new exhibition site: Two spacious entrance lobbies to the eastand the west ensure a steady flow in all halls and the open airexhibition grounds even when there are crowds of visitors. Anadditional attraction will be the the lake covering an area of over4,500 sqm near the western access. And it provides further space andopportunities for events at trade fairs i.e. watersports and leisure,emphazising the unique atmosphere in Friedrichshafen.
With a length of 150m and a width of 67m (10,000 sqm) Hall A 1 is thbiggest building on site. It can take up to 10,500 people. TVproductions, sporting events and concerts will be more often on theagenda of the Friedrichshafen event calendar. The Hall A 2 with 4,000sqm can be divided into up to three separate modules holding 1,000people each and thus is ideally suited to congresses or accompanyingspeacialist symposiums. The main restaurant can be found on the firstfloor of the West Foyer along with more meeting and conference rooms(with capacities varying form 10 to 450 people). Another prominentfeature of the halls is the media grid system with connection socketsevery 7.5 meters, providing exhibitors with the vital supply networkfor electricity, water, compressed air and telecommunications.
The attraction of the overall design by the famous Hamburg architectsGeran, Mang & Partner lies not only in the functionality but alsoin its pleasing city architecture (for example, the entire roofconstruction is made of wood). Due to the ground plan many differentshows can take place on this site. Smaller ones can take place parallelto each other or concerts in Hall A 1 can take place during exhibitionsetc. 

The exhibition site
Exhibition space: 70,000 sqm
Open grounds: 12,000 sqm
Hall A1: 10,000 sqm, 10,000 visitors
Hall A2: 4,000 sqm, can be divided into up to three separate modules holding 1,000 people each
Standard halls: 6,300 sqm
Congress and conference rooms
6,000 parking spaces for visitors and exhibitors
Figures of Messe Friedrichshafen
Between 15 and 17 international trade fairs and exhibitions each year
600,000 visitors
6,000 exhibitors