Nuremberg exhibition center makes a huge loss - the metropolitan region loses 900 million euros

There are currently no events taking place in the Nuremberg Exhibition Center - to the detriment of the metropolitan region.

The damage can be estimated at 900 million euros.

Nuremberg - The Nuremberg exhibition center is one of the big engines of the region around the second largest city in Bavaria *.

Not only the turnover of the center itself stands or falls with the visitors, but also the successes of the local middle class.

Due to the corona, the exhibition areas have been empty for around a year - with the exception of the vaccination center in Hall 3C.

This has far-reaching consequences for the economy.

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said Nuremberg's Economic Affairs Michael Fraas (CSU): "We have a very strong producing SMEs.

If he wants to deliver his goods to the world, then it is important that the world comes to us in the form of trade fairs. ”The fact that the important economic factor in the metropolitan region * is now almost at a standstill also has an impact on the city.

"Around 900 million euros in purchasing power a year are lost in the entire region because the trade fair is in the middle of the Corona crisis," Fraas told

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The number comes from the Institute for Economic Research and relates to trade in the city center, such as restaurants and hotels.

The infrastructure around the trade fair is also at a standstill - money is missing wherever it was otherwise spent by visitors from all over the world.

Nuremberg Exhibition Center: In the fast lane for years - now a loss of 60 million euros

Roland Fleck, one of the managing directors of the Nürnberger Messe, is currently having a completely new experience.

It was only six years ago that the GmbH opened the new Hall 3A - four years later, Hall 3C.

With the increased area, the exhibition grounds grew to 180,000 square meters of gross exhibition space.

In short: the trade fair has been able to announce one record after the other in recent years.

Fleck says: “We had been in the fast lane for years * and were forced into the hard shoulder in a split second.

Full braking. ”This also had an impact on the company itself. The turnover of the GmbH fell by around 66 percent to around 115 million euros.

At the same time, the company's loss in 2020 rose to around 60 million euros.

Last year there were few digital events in the exhibition center - such as the Biofach *.

The world's leading trade fair for ecological consumer goods was well attended virtually with a total of 14,000 people.

Fleck sees this as a “glimmer of hope”.

Nonetheless, he says: “We are assuming that we will move forward again in a kind of step-by-step concept.

That we will manage to hold face-to-face events * again.

But in future it will always be linked to a digital module. "

In 2019, while visiting a trade fair in Munich, there was a violent argument * between a visitor and a security employee - the visitor died shortly afterwards.

A current news ticker on Corona events in the Franconian metropolis can be found here *.

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