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Press Release: SPIEL Essen - World's largest game fair breaks visitor record after four sold-out days

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SPIEL Essen came to a successful close, marked by numerous premieres and record-breaking achievements. Over 220,000 people attended the world’s largest board game event over the course of four days.

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  • Happy exhibitors: valuable audience feedback and business contacts
  • Successful premieres: from a gigantic stage to new records
     

SPIEL Essen 2025 was a record-breaking trade fair. With 220,000 people from all over the world, the largest gaming event surpassed the previous visitor record set in 2019. The trade fair was sold out on all days. A new exhibition space record of 77,500 m² was announced even before the event began, as Hall 7 was opened for the first time and all spaces were fully booked. 948 exhibitors from 50 countries presented over 1,700 new products. And a world record for the largest Catan game was achieved on Friday.

 

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