Expansion: a new expo hall for Targi Kielce

30.01.2025

Targi Kielce's priority investment is entering the implementation phase. The new hall will be used for the first time in September 2026.

On Thursday, 23 January, Strabag signed the contract to design and build a new exhibition hall and reconstruct the existing one. The combined space of both facilities amounts to over 15,500 square meters of usable space on the ground floor and 3,000 square meters on the mezzanine.

Therefore, the new facility in the centre’s infrastructure will be four times larger than the currently largest hall, no. 5. Work is scheduled to begin in the spring after the biggest exhibition of the season – the Agrotech Agricultural Technology Fair.

“Today is a historic moment and a massive milestone in the development of Targi Kielce, and Targi Kielce stands for professionalism, the company that competes with itself and wins every year. And the fact that this company's name includes the word ‘Kielce’ is a source of great pride and satisfaction for us," said Agata Wojda, mayor of Kielce, during the ceremonial signing of the agreement. The mayour added, "I do not envy you this pressure, nor the management of Targi Kielce or the Strabag company, but I know that you are a solid partner."

The project involves the construction of hall 8 and the reconstruction of hall 7; the expo halls will be combined. Mezzanines will be built at the connection point with additional restaurant and congress spaces and views of the exhibition space.

The building will be 15 meters high, 73 meters wide and over 237 meters long in total. The cost of building the facility will not exceed PLN 100 million.

The initial phase of the “design and build” tender began in August 2024, its decision was made in January, and on Thursday, 23 January the agreement was signed with the contractor. “The tedious and very meticulous procedure allowed us to carefully examine each offer. In the final phase, we were in talks with several companies; we were convinced that the selected contractor would reliably fulfill the task. There is an intense period ahead of us because we are also running our exhibition activities in parallel, says Andrzej Mochoń, president of the management board of Targi Kielce. 

The company will design the new facility and it can also use the designs that were created for Targi Kielce in 2018, when the company was preparing to build a new expo hall. The plans were abandoned at the time due to the pandemic.

Construction work will begin in March 2025, and the hall is to be ready by the end of July 2026 so that it can be used by exhibitors first at the International Defense Industry Exhibition in September 2026. “We hope that we will meet expectations and that in 17 months, a facility will be built that you will be able to boast about on the international arena”, said Joanna Popczyk, financial director and proxy of Strabag.

The expansion of expo infrastructure is necessary due to the growing interest of companies in participating in trade fairs. “Since 2005, we have been building additional temporary halls for the Agrotech agricultural technology fair; this additional area in temporary halls reached up to 18 thousand square meters”, explains President Andrzej Mochoń. “In recent years, the need to build temporary halls has also been the case for fairs from the Industrial Spring group and the International Defence Industry Exhibition. New trade fairs keep growing, including the Enex renewable energy fair and the Roof-Forum roofing industry fair. In the case of MSPO and Agrotech, we are pushed to limit the rented space, and the reserve list is long.”

The new facility will be built in a place that previously served as a parking lot; Targi Kielce will prepare a car park on the plot located at Wystawowa Street. This project is already being implemented. A temporary expo hall will also be built, which will operate throughout the construction period. 4,000 square meters with full technical infrastructure will make inconvenience regarding their investment unnoticed for exhibitors.