Category: Press release
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New stadium for Olympia: Senate renounces needs analysis
The Senate is planning a multi-purpose arena modelled on the €1.75 billion Bernabéu Stadium2 in Madrid, but is refraining from an empirical needs analysis that could answer whether Hamburg needs such a stadium at all. This results in a request from the left-wing faction (Drs. 23/2423). This is significant inasmuch as by May 2025 the need for a new Arena …
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Action "Off to the water" does not swim
With 19,000 vouchers to all first-graders, free admission to the swimming pool is to be granted three times in a promotional period of three months. Eckart Maudrich, spokesperson for NOlympia Hamburg: ‘Since Badeland only has around 17 places available for seahorse courses in the three-month period from January to March, it is likely that 18,983 children will have to do dry exercises. Who Vouchers to all …
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Joint press release by NOlympia Hamburg and the Association of Taxpayers Hamburg
In a joint press release NOlympia Hamburg and the Association of Taxpayers Hamburg criticise the DOSB’s ‘operational minimum requirements’ for the Olympic concepts of the applicant cities and regions: Olympics in Hamburg: Traffic chaos and safety at taxpayer's expense – city's minimum requirements not met In the framework of the so-called ‘operational …’
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Ten Years of No to the Olympics: Hamburg Senate is resistant to learning
Saturday marks the tenth anniversary of the referendum on Hamburg's Olympic bid for the 2024 Summer Games. Despite a nearly 22 million advertising campaign, 51.6 percent of Hamburgers voted against the Olympics at the time. Ten years later, the Hamburg Senate is no longer bound by this decision and plans another 18 million for its Olympic campaign. Campaign launch …
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Olympia to Hamburg? What we need to talk about
The Senate is dreaming of the Olympic Games in Hamburg. Glory, sport, the world – that sounds tempting. But Olympia is not a festival without consequences. It's about billions, power and risk. Five Questions to Ask Yourself: How Much Does It Really Cost? The Senate has a reasonable budget. But the experience shows a different picture: Paris …
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Blank cheque for Olympia? Munich says yes, we say no!
Munich said yes. YES – on a blank check, as only Paris was referred to for an overview of revenue and expenditure[1]. A government deficit of around €6.3 billion, as in the ‘model’[2] Paris? YES. NOlympia Press Spokesman Eckart Maudrich: “Munich voted without knowing what the Olympics will really cost. Specific figures? Misrepresentation. Gut …
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Press release | Olympic Lessons from Paris 2024: No to the cost explosion!
At the end of September, the report of the French Court of Auditors on the 2024 Paris Games made it transparent that the public sector had to bear one-off organisational costs of around €2.7 billion for the 30-day games. Security spending had risen from €0.2 billion to €1.7 billion, making it the largest item. – At the same time, the … Organising Committee celebrated:
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Hamburg remains future-proof: Clear fingers against the Olympics
In the Hamburg decision on the future, the citizens have set a clear signal for the departure into a sustainable future. Eckart Maudrich, spokesperson for NOlympia: “NOlympia Hamburg congratulates the initiative and the people of Hamburg on this literally forward-looking decision! Today's result is also a positive signal for the upcoming referendum on the new Hamburg Olympic bid in May. …
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Press release of 31.05.2025
It was planned in back rooms and now presented to the public: The Hamburg Senate today presented Hamburg's Olympic bid for the 2036, 2040 and 2044 Summer Games. Earlier this year, it was said that they only wanted to apply with Berlin in a double pack …
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