Overview
- The Neuss State Garden Show, which opened Thursday, runs for 179 days through 11 October at the former Galopprennbahn site.
- North Rhine-Westphalia’s premier Hendrik Wüst handed over a €6 million funding notice at the ceremony, part of €25 million in state support toward a project cost of about €60 million.
- Organizers remade the grounds into a public park with about 2,200 new trees, play and sports areas, and preserved racetrack elements, and the mayor says about 95 percent will stay after the show.
- More than 1,000 concerts and cultural events are booked, with day tickets priced at €20 for adults, €10 reduced, and €5 for children.
- A new mobility plan steers visitors to a central 860-space lot with license-plate payment and real-time guidance in the LAGA app, while tram, bus and bike links aim to ease crowds expected to reach around 650,000.