Ellerslie Racecourse, at 100 Ascot Avenue in Remuera, is an event venue as well as a racecourse, run by Ellerslie Events. It is less than seven kilometres from Queen Street and close to the motorway, train stations and major bus routes. Its event rooms include the Great Northern Room on level one of the Ellerslie Stand, which can hold up to 350 guests. The room can be fully blacked out, and it has private bar facilities. The website suggests it for seminars, AGMs, conferences, product launches, breakfasts, luncheons and dinners. The room is named after the Great Northern Steeplechase, a 6400-metre race once held at Ellerslie each year. Event planning, with account managers, can be arranged through the Ellerslie Events team.
Free parking is available in the infield carpark, reached via 16 Derby Downs Place, through a tunnel. Guests then walk through a pedestrian tunnel under the track to the Ellerslie Stand, about 200 metres, and the website asks that people do not cross the track. Limited free parking is also available outside the administration office, and accessible parking is near the event centre for guests with permits or prior arrangements. The administration office is open from 8.30am to 5pm on weekdays, and is closed on public holidays. The website says the carpark that once ran beside the Southern Motorway is no longer in use.