Category: Press release

Gold for the Hanseatic city – but unfortunately the wrong medal Congratulations to Hamburg: With 236 hours of traffic jams per km of motorway, Hamburg is the frontrunner in Germany in 2025. This is an impressive result that we must honestly appreciate. Even more impressive is the dynamic: Hamburg recorded an increase of around 30 percent more traffic jams than in 2024. This is not ….

On 6 February, from 20:00-23:00, the 2026 Winter Olympics will open at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium in Milan. The stadium has 75,725 seats. For the opening ceremony, regular tickets are available for 260 euros, 700 euros, 1,400 euros and 2026 euros. Under 26-year-olds can get two tickets for the price of a 260 euro ticket. The company On Location …

On January 26, the North Sea Summit will take place in the Hamburg City Hall and the Chamber of Commerce. As a result, a security zone of 200 meters each from the town hall to the Alster and from the Chamber of Commerce to the Rödingsmarkt is established, the two districts in one day in their freedom of movement on foot, by car, public transport as well as the delivery and …

The multi-billionaire, CEO of ECE and namesake of the Alexander Otto Sportstiftung, is donating €0.001 billion to 104 projects from 104 districts today. Since 2006, project-related foundation funds worth a good 14 million euros have been awarded as well as two major projects with a total value of 23 million euros. The largest association-related single donation, worth 15 million euros and …

In 2015, the Senate, surprisingly for him, lost the citizenship referendum for the 2024 games. To avoid such a surprise, he organized so-called citizen participations for the Games 2036 to 2044 in November 2025. A kick-off event and seven district events with about 75 participants each as well as an online questionnaire were carried out. The results were presented today. In addition, …

On Wednesday, the Hamburg Citizenship will vote on the proposal of the coalition factions to hold a Citizenship referendum on the holding of the Summer Olympic Games in Hamburg on 31 May. The NOlympia Hamburg initiative announces a counter-campaign – and will collect signatures from the end of January in order to enter the voting booklet with its own statement. In order to do so, the initiative within … must:

HSB CEO Daniel Knoblich hopes to boost grassroots sport through the training facility concept of the Olympic bid and, in particular, “one or the other place on top”1. During the so-called participation procedure, figures on the training centre concept were published2. NOlympia Hamburg spokesman Eckart Maudrich comments: “According to current knowledge, 92% the Hamburg training facilities of Olympia untouched. For …

The International Olympic Committee is an association under Swiss private law. It consists of 112 members. Who is appointed by the IOC shall become a member1. It declares its activity as a volunteer2. Every year, the IOC must disclose the salaries of a portion of its members of the American Tax Administration (IRS), which the NGO Propublica …

According to the data portal Statista, 48% The Germans decided to do more sports in 2026. A study by the University of Birmingham examined the long-term effects of the Olympic Games on the propensity to play sports based on the Games of Beijing (2008) and London (2012)1. The authors note that: “It should be noted that the inspiring …