VAZ St. Pölten

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The VAZ St. Pölten is a trade fair, congress and event center in St. Pölten . The city-owned area has been operated by St. Pölten's NXP Veranstaltungsbetriebs GmbH since 2002.

use

The VAZ building complex consists of four interconnected halls and a seminar wing. Halls A and B are together around 4,800 m² in size and are suitable for around 3,300 visitors with concert seating. Hall C, which was newly built in 2012, has an area of ​​3,200 m² and seats around 1,900 people. The live music club Warehouse is located in the fourth hall, which was originally used as a warehouse . The three-story seminar wing is home to the lobby and cloakrooms on the ground floor, and offices on the upper floors as well as five seminar rooms between 45 and 340 m².

The outdoor area consists of 38,000 m² of developed area, whereby adjacent areas such as the Traisenufer area are also used, especially for major events such as Beatpatrol or Frequency .

Since the takeover of the company, the number and size of the events have increased continuously. In addition to seminars and conferences, there are also some concerts and trade fairs. With WISA, one of the most popular trade fairs in the country is held on the site every year. In the winter months, on the other hand, balls dominate the action, the largest balls (ball of the technology of the HTL St. Pölten and state capital ball ) are also the most visited in Lower Austria. In recent years, some music festivals have established themselves as major events. In 2006 and 2007 the Nuke and Lovely Days were held here. The two music festivals Beatpatrol with around 30,000 visitors and Frequency with up to 150,000 visitors have been taking place in the VAZ every year since 2009 .

history

After lengthy discussions about the need for an event center and various debates on the location, the municipal council decided to build it in July 1990. After the plans were presented in March 1991, the foundation stone was laid in August of the same year. The VAZ was opened at the end of September 1992.

After the original operator went bankrupt in 2002, NXP Veranstaltungsbetriebs GmbH took over management. Since the takeover, the number of events has risen from just over 80 initially to almost 300 in 2011. In 2011, over 550,000 visitors were counted.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Yearbook of the state capital St. Pölten 1986 to 1996, chapter chronicle, pages 144 ff
  2. ↑ Company history of the NXP company  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.nxp.at  
  3. ↑ VAZ St. Pölten - over 550,000 visitors in 2011

Web links

Coordinates: 48 ° 10 ′ 40.9 ″  N , 15 ° 37 ′ 20.6 ″  E