Outworld,
chauffeured.
An all-night programme in the Dome on the busiest night. A hard, long Saturday programme in the Ziggo Dome, running deep into the night on the same square as the stadium show next door. Two enormous rooms, one exit route, one evening.
Saturday 24 October, at the Ziggo Dome.
Arena night. The largest room in the country is in use, the warehouses in Noord are full, and every road out of Zuidoost is busy at the same minute.
A hard, long Saturday programme in the Ziggo Dome, running deep into the night on the same square as the stadium show next door. Two enormous rooms, one exit route, one evening.
If you are moving between the two — plenty of people do — the walk is short but the traffic is not. It is the one night of the week where where your car is parked matters more than how fast it is.
The A10 to the S112 from the centre; the A9 and A2 from Schiphol. On this night in particular your chauffeur checks the traffic plan before setting off, because the usual approach may simply be closed.
Two audiences leaving ArenAPoort within an hour of each other is as difficult as Amsterdam transport gets. A car that is already there, parked and briefed, is worth more on this night than on any other in the calendar.
ArenAPoort, Amsterdam-Zuidoost.
The Ziggo Dome stands beside the ArenA at ArenAPoort, off the A2 and the ring A10-Zuid. Coming from the centre it is a straight run down the A10 and out at the S112; coming from Schiphol the A9 and the A2 do the work.
Cars are set down on the De Passage side of the building. It is a short, lit walk to the doors, and the same spot works for the pickup if you message dispatch when the set ends.
The Ziggo Dome stands beside the ArenA at ArenAPoort, off the A2 and the ring A10-Zuid. Coming from the centre it is a straight run down the A10 and out at the S112; coming from Schiphol the A9 and the A2 do the work. Your chauffeur checks the roads before setting off rather than when he arrives, and the price is fixed when you book, whatever the traffic does.
Cars are set down on the De Passage side of the building. It is a short, lit walk to the doors, and the same spot works for the pickup if you message dispatch when the set ends.
Yes, and on this night it is the sensible way to do it. Two audiences leaving ArenAPoort within an hour of each other is as difficult as Amsterdam transport gets. A car that is already there, parked and briefed, is worth more on this night than on any other in the calendar. Pickups at the Johan Cruijff ArenA, Ziggo Dome and AFAS Live between 18:00 and 09:00 cost €115 in Business Class, €125 in Van Class and €130 in First Class to any Amsterdam address, and 20% more than the usual ADE-week fare to anywhere else, Schiphol included. Book the return at the same time as the outward ride, or keep one car and chauffeur for the whole night by the hour, from €90 an hour in Business Class at ADE-week rates, with a two-hour minimum.
In ADE week, Schiphol to any address in Amsterdam is a fixed €125 in Business Class, €150 in the seven-seat Van Class and €150 in First Class — taxes included, per car, with the flight tracked and a chauffeur waiting inside the arrivals hall. Going back to Schiphol the fixed prices are €100, €125 and €125.
The Van Class takes up to seven passengers and seven bags in one car, with captain chairs and walk-in headroom. For a larger party dispatch stages several cars to arrive together at Ziggo Dome, with one contact for the whole group rather than a separate booking per car.
Message dispatch on WhatsApp and the pickup time moves. It is one number, answered around the clock in English, and once a chauffeur is assigned you have his line too. The fare was agreed when you booked, so nothing about the price changes at four in the morning.