A PLACE OF PASSION EXCITEMENT & — D R A M A — Conferences & Events At Aintree Racecourse CONTENTS About Aintree Racecourse 04 Conferences and Meetings 06 Exhibitions and Outdoor Events 08 Training and Team Building 10 Receptions, Banqueting and Private Dining 12 Room Layouts, Capacities and Dimensions 14 Exhibition Hall 15 Wallis Suite 16 Princess Royal Suite 17 Merryman Boxes 18 Aintree Equestrian Centre 19 Papillon Suite 20 Golden Miller Suite 21 Becher’s Suite 22 Valentine Suite 23 Corbiere Suite 24 Sunloch Suite 25 Event Partners 26 Delegate Information 27 Contact Information 30 AINTREE.CO.UK ABOUT AINTREE RACECOURSE A There’s nowhere quite like Aintree Racecourse. Steeped in history, drama, triumph and achievement, it is simply unique. Combine this inspirational sporting legacy with state of the art THEATRE facilities and you’ll discover a stage for conferencing and events that is second to none. O F H I G H — Accessible & Flexible Jockey Club Catering — Located minutes from the motorway In 2010, Jockey Club Racecourses and and rail network, Aintree Racecourse, Compass Group UK & Ireland formed home of the legendary and celebrated a joint venture, ‘Jockey Club Catering’, Crabbie’s Grand National is a first class which offers top quality in-house venue for all manner of conferences catering, hospitality and service across and events. The Jockey Club’s entire portfolio of venues on racedays and for conferences Offering capacities for up to 600 DRAMA and events. delegates, together with 3700sqm hard standing exhibition space and parking for 1800 cars, Aintree is capable of meeting the most demanding event brief. AINTREE.CO.UK 05 CONFERENCES & MEETINGS here Choose Aintree Racecourse, the home of champions and W legends for your conference or meeting. With a choice of five self-contained grandstands in which to stage your event, maximum flexibility and unparalleled levels of service, it’s CHAMPIONS truly the place where champions meet. Rooms & facilities The cutting edge Lord Sefton and Earl With no fewer than 14 conference and of Derby stands, offer mirror image meetings spaces and 43 adaptable boxes, Aintree Racecourse offers first class spaces which can accommodate up to MEET choice and service for any event, from a 600 delegates each in two rooms on the private board meeting for 5 to same floor, and another 300 each on a multi-day convention for 600. another level. Each stand also offers 6 single or 3 double boxes. Coupled with The versatile Princess Royal stand spectacular views of the course, these offers its own exhibition hall, up to 4 grandstands offer the space and service conference suites and 14 flexible boxes, to meet the most demanding event brief. providing the perfect self-contained venue for a conference requiring plenary, exhibition and breakout space for up to Smaller meetings and seminars are also 500 delegates. perfectly at home at Aintree Racecourse. Inspirational and unique surroundings For more intimate surroundings for your are available in the Sefton Rooms, with proceedings, the Queen Mother stand its historic Grand National memorabilia offers stunning racecourse views, display and Paddock Lodge, the a choice of two suites for up to 200 beautifully restored Art Deco style theatre style and flexible boxes ideal home of the Topham family who used for syndicate sessions. to own Aintree Racecourse, providing intimate meeting space for up to 60 delegates. 06 AINTREE.CO.UK EXHIBITIONS & OUTDOOR EVENTS A The same dedicated team who manage the annual Crabbie’s Grand National Festival are on hand to offer their passion and expertise to assist in ensuring that all aspects of your event at A C E O Aintree Racecourse run smoothly. Huge corporate event space P L F — and acres of outdoor land together with flexible facilities — and experience are at your disposal. Conveniently located within easy reach With a total of 7500 sqm of indoor of both the City of Liverpool and the exhibition space available across the motorway network, Aintree offers an racecourse, Aintree also offers 270 acres accessible and stimulating environment of outdoor space, together with the PASSION in which to hold events, either indoors or legendary Grand National course itself. amongst our acres of lush green parkland. Aintree Racecourse provides an ideal There’s 928 sqm available on the ground location for public events including fun floor in the Princess Royal Exhibition Hall, runs, family fun days and sporting events, just steps away from the state of the art to name a few. Catering and security Equestrian Centre which offers a further services can all be organised by the same 3700 sqm. Both spaces offer a full AV team who manage the Crabbie’s Grand (Audio Visual) specification, catering National Festival every year. and full height roller doors for vehicular access. A further 2000 sqm is available across two floors of the Earl of Derby and Lord Sefton grandstands, with access from the ground floor via multiple lifts. AINTREE.CO.UK 09 A TRAINING & TEAM BUILDING There’s no finer stage for you to motivate and inspire your colleagues than Aintree Racecourse. Here where legends were forged and champions crowned, where the grandstand and ground beneath your feet resound in a triumphant hymn to STAGE all that can be achieved… here’s where inspiration lives. Aintree offers a huge range of spaces in It goes without saying that the home which to let your imagination run free. of the world famous Crabbie’s Grand for The tranquil Red Rum Lawn has the National has the teams and infrastructure splendour of the 1930’s style Paddock in place in order to assist in every aspect Lodge at your disposal. The legendary of your event planning. First class Grand National course itself is an ideal catering, AV and a plethora of event stage for training and team building suppliers including corporate games, events… there’s even a hard standing vehicles and marquee hire are former British Grand Prix track available all available. INSPIRATION for any driving based activities. Golf enthusiasts will be inspired by the longest nine hole golf course in the UK, located within the Aintree grounds and the floodlit 30 bay driving range offered by Aintree Golf Centre, allowing the flexibility to finish off a successful day’s event with a late afternoon or evening tee time. 10 AINTREE.CO.UK RECEPTIONS, BANQUETING & PRIVATE DINING History Full of character, history and prestige, Aintree Racecourse is D R A a spectacular stage for banqueting. Choose from a vast space I G H M A and blank canvas for a themed banquet with entertainment H and dancing, or more intimate surroundings for private dining. Whatever the size, Aintree is the perfect venue for receptions and banqueting on any scale. & With a magnificent selection of There’s a variety of rooms available rooms available all year round, Aintree across the Princess Royal, Queen Mother, Racecourse offers the highest standards Earl of Derby, Country and Lord Sefton of banqueting. stands, available for banqueting and dinner dances for up to 500 guests. With the same team who manage top Why not combine the racecourse view class hospitality for the annual Crabbie’s from the Golden Miller suite, named after PRESTIGE Grand National at your disposal, the the Grand National and Cheltenham capacious surroundings of the Equestrian Gold Cup winner in 1934, for a glittering Centre can host a dramatic event for up champagne reception, with superb to 1000 guests, together with space for banqueting in the mirror image staging, a dancefloor and entertainment. Sunloch suite. Aintree Racecourse also offers intimate and atmospheric private dining options, with the Sefton Rooms and its memorabilia charting the Grand National’s illustrious history and the immaculately restored Paddock Lodge, with its original 1930’s features, both available for banqueting for up to 40 guests. AINTREE.CO.UK 13 ROOM LAYOUTS, PRINCESS ROYAL: EXHIBITION HALL CAPACITIES AND DIMENSIONS To see which facility suits your requirements please see the Located on the ground floor, the 928 sqm Exhibition Hall summary table below or view the individual floorplan pages. provides the perfect space for product launches and exhibitions. With full height roller doors, the Exhibition Hall can be used together with the Princess Royal or Wallis suites and up to Room Area Reception Banquet Dinner Dance Cabaret Floorplans 14 syndicate rooms as a single self-contained multi-purpose (sqm) / Buffet conference venue. Princess Royal Stand Exhibition Hall 928 350 - 300 200 pg. 15 Wallis Suite 588 250 280 250 175 pg. 16 Princess Royal Suite 400 300 300 250 220 pg. 17 Merryman Suite 251 100 - - 60 pg. 18 Merryman Boxes 19.8 10 - - - pg. 18 Queen Mother Stand Valentines Suite 365 200 200 160 100 pg. 23 EXHIBITION - CONCOURSE Becher’s Suite 332 120 120 100 60 pg. 22 Devonloch & Monaveen 39.6 25 - - 24 - (Double) Devonloch & Monaveen 20 20 - - 16 - (Individual) Earl of Derby Stand EXHIBITION - IRISH BAR Golden Miller Suite 650 600 500 450 360 pg. 21 Papillon Suite 390 300 250 200 200 pg. 20 Earl of Derby Boxes 19.8 20 - - 16 - (each) Lord Sefton Stand Sunloch Suite 650 600 500 450 360 pg. 25 Seating Layout Capacity Dimensions (m) Corbiere Suite 390 300 250 200 200 pg. 24 Theatre 500 Area Sq m 928 Lord Sefton Boxes 20 20 - - - - Classroom - Length 33.5 (each) Cabaret 200 Width 20 Saddle bar (Lower) - 250 - - 70 - Paddock Lodge - - 40 - - - Banquet - Sefton Rooms - 150 40 - - - Reception/Buffet 350 Old Weighing Room - 250 - - - - Dinner Dance 300 Equestrian Centre 3700 - 3500 1000 800 pg. 19 Boardroom - U Shape - 14 AINTREE.CO.UK WALLIS SUITE PRINCESS ROYAL SUITE Tommy Wallis was employed by the Racecourse Holding Trust The Princess Royal Stand was opened on the eve of the 1998 (a subsidiary of The Jockey Club) in 1967 and was Managing Grand National by HRH The Princess Royal.