92% the Hamburg Training Centres without Olympic Riding Boost

HSB CEO Daniel Knoblich hopes to boost grassroots sport through the training facility concept of the Olympic bid and, in particular, ‘one or two places on top’.¹. During the so-called participation procedure, figures on the training centre concept were published².

NOlympia Hamburg speakers Eckart Maudrich In this regard:

“According to current knowledge, 92% the Hamburg training facilities of Olympia untouched. There are serious doubts about optimism about on-top places, because – contrary to what was originally suggested – the federal government does not even cover the application costs of EUR 18 million. Concrete cost commitments for infrastructure, security and other implementation costs do not exist – unlike Munich in 1972. For Munich in 1972, the federal government had taken over 50% promised the cost. At the same time, a multi-billion-dollar empty-purpose arena (the ‘Elb-Bernabéu’) is planned, which will claim financial focus. Olympia is therefore the wrong horse to fulfil the desire for additional sports grounds and a greater impulse for modernisation at training centres for grassroots sports.”

For the Federal Government's contribution to the costs of bidding for and hosting the Games, see the Citizenship printed matter 23/2439 and 23/2040.

1 Journal of Hamburg 4.01.2026

2 see graphic: