CONVENTION CENTER: CAPACITY AND TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS?

The Palais des Congrès de Lille has a highly advantageous architecture and layout, as well as a strategic location in the heart of the Lille metropolis, for events with specific technical requirements and needs in terms of capacity and placement.

What is the capacity of the Palais des Congrès de Lille, and what technical features does it have?

WHAT IS A CONVENTION CENTER?

Convention centers are structures designed to welcome the public for congresses, conventions or cultural, artistic or professional events.

Versatile and often with a large reception capacity andhigh-quality technical equipment, this type of building can be found all over the world. In France, there are around forty of them, spread across medium-sized and large cities.

Convention centres have a large surface area and different spaces that can hold :

• rooms and auditoriums with sound systems and seating ;
• modular spaces for tailor-made events;
• Meeting rooms ;
• Catering outlets: banquets, lounges for aperitifs and cocktail evenings.

The spaces that make up the structure of the Palais des Congrès in Lille are therefore ideal for organizing cultural and professional events: 18,000 m² of exhibition halls to invest in an exhibition, or a banquet hall with a capacity of over 1,000 people.

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PALAIS DES CONGRÈS DE LILLE

As part of the Lille Grand Palais complex, the Palais des Congrès de Lille is adjacent to a number of key venues for events andcultural activities.

• In the same building, the convention space is organized around 28 committee rooms and 3 theaters, including the Grand Theatre, which can seat up to 1,475 people.
• The Palais des Congrès de Lille also has modular areas that can accommodate other large-scale events such as trade shows and meetings.

With their large surface areas, these spaces can accommodate a wide range of visitors, while offering considerable freedom in terms of layout.

DINING WITH LILLE GRAND PALAIS

It’s possible to have a snack before and during an event, or to plan a quality menu for your speakers.

From refined dishes and local specialties to fast-food favourites, the complex can cater for any type of event: breakfasts, buffets, cocktail receptions and sweet snacks…

Lille Grand Palais makes a point of choosing quality caterers who showcase local produce.

Use a banquet hall or modular hall for a business dinner or scientific conference, and enjoy a menu designed specifically for your event.

THE ADVANTAGES OF RENTING CONFERENCE SPACE WITH LILLE GRAND PALAIS

1. Reasoned management of your budget between conference room rental and event services: technical and audiovisual management, ambience creation, catering, reception of speakers and participants.
2. Strategic location in the heart of Lille and its train stations: Gare Lille Europe, Gare Lille Europe.

Good to know: if you’re organizing an international conference welcoming personalities from all over the world,Lille-Lesquin airport is just a two-minute drive away, and high-speed TGV lines take you to Brussels and Paris in less than an hour, and to London in 80 minutes.

3. The Palais des Congrès boasts almost 1,400 square meters of customizable floor space, and committee rooms that can be configured in 39 different ways on four levels.

For more information, please contact Lille Grand Palais for a detailed map of the Lille Convention Center.

When it comes to the price of renting the Palais des Congrès de Lille, don’t hesitate to contact the complex to draw up a quote for the rental of a space that meets your needs, whether or not coupled with event services.

WHAT TYPES OF EVENTS TO ORGANIZE AT THE PALAIS DES CONGRÈS

Ideally connected to major European cities, as well as to numerous catering and accommodation facilities, the Palais des Congrès de Lille can accommodate several thousand people forpublic andprofessionalevents.

The spaces available for rental are ideal for congresses, symposia and conferences, but some of them also regularly host trade shows and cocktail parties for up to a hundred people.

B-to-C and trade shows can welcome several thousand visitors, as well as numerous exhibitors… Among its list of events and trade shows for the general public organized under its aegis, Lille Grand Palais notably includes theInternational Lille Tattoo Convention and the Salon de l’Etudiant et du Lycéen bringing together nearly 150 schools and companies.