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Congress Center Hamburg

Convention center in Hamburg, Germany

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Congress Center Hamburg
Construction
Aerial view of convention center (c.2007)

Former names	Congress Centrum Hamburg (1973-2004)
Address	Marseiller St 20355 Hamburg, Germany
Location	St. Pauli
Owner	Hamburg Messe und Congress
Broke ground	5 March 1970 (1970-03-05)
Opened	14 April 1973 (1973-04-14)
Renovated	2017-20
Construction cost	DM 100 million (€176 million in 2019)

Congress Center Hamburg (formerly Congress Centrum Hamburg) is a convention center in Hamburg, Germany, located right next to Planten un Blomen, near the Hamburg Dammtor station. It opened on 14 April 1973 as the first of its kind in Germany.

History

The CCH was the first convention center in Germany. The government of Hamburg, including then-mayor Herbert Weichmann planned the center to promote tourism, being designed to attract the then-new concept of convention-goers. It opened in 14 April 1973.^[1]

In 2017, it was discovered that the center was contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls and asbestos, and would have to be renovated.^[2] The renovated center opened in 2022.^[1]

Location and capacities

The CCH is near the Planten un Blomen and the Hamburg Dammtor station.^[1] It is directly connected to the Radisson Blu Hotel Hamburg, which was opened in 1973 and renovated in 2009.^[3]

Venue configurations/capacities^[4]
Venue	Capacity
Hall 1	2,680
Hall 3	1,910
Hall 4	672
Hall G	1,058
Hall X	1,338
Hall Y	1,338
Hall Z	820
Hall H	6,930

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Congress Center Hamburg: Neue Moderne im 70er-Jahre-Bau - ohne Udo Jürgens' Badewanne". Norddeutscher Rundfunk (in German). 3 April 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
^ Gaßdorf, Ulrich (8 October 2014). "CCH mit Asbest verseucht — ab 2017 wird das Gebäude saniert". Hamburger Abendblatt (in German). Retrieved 19 September 2024.
^ Sullivan, Paul (14 September 2016). "Radisson Blu Hotel, Hamburg". The Telegraph. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
^ "At a glance". Congress Center Hamburg. Retrieved 19 September 2024.