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With a clear majority of around 55% The Hamburgers voted against a Hamburg bid for the 2036, 2040 and 2044 Olympic and Paralympic Games. At 50% Hamburg had a national comparison with Munich (42%) and NRW (33%by far the highest voter turnout. Eckart Maudrich, spokesperson for NOlympia Hamburg: “With the second no, Hamburg voted in favour of fair play and team spirit in the rules of the Olympic Games. This result shows: The people of Hamburg love their city and do not allow themselves to be led behind the spruce by an advertising campaign costing millions of euros. The …

In a hearing of the Constitutional Committee of the Hamburg Citizenship, legal experts said on Thursday that they had no concerns about the amendment to the referendum law planned by the SPD, the Greens and the CDU. According to this, popular initiatives should no longer be allowed to receive donations from public corporations and public sector companies. Donations over 500 euros should also be inadmissible if it is not clear from whom the donation comes. Eckart Maudrich, spokesperson for NOlympia Hamburg: ‘In the Senate’s advertising campaign for the current Olympic referendum, the Chamber of Commerce, as a body governed by public law, is donating EUR 1.3 million. Public companies …

From 22 April to 12 May, the election documents, including a 24-page information brochure, were handed over to 1.3 million voters by post. By May 13, they had already voted. 300.000 (23%) Hamburger ab, which in historical comparison to the referendums of 2025 (12%) and the Olympic referendum (14%) already a time-related Record of participation is.
Despite this, Mayor Peter Tschentscher sends out on 12 and 13 May for barely 100.000 € a letter to 500,000 households asking them to participate in the election (2 paragraphs) - and yes for Olympia …

Time has a Interview with Alexander Budzier published, Co-Author of the “The Oxford Olympics study”. The study examined all Olympic Games in the period 1960-2024 in terms of their costs and cost overruns. For all summer games, the study found that budgets in the median, real around 121% have been exceeded. With regard to the Hamburg Games, he states in the interview that for ‘construction or conversion of stadiums, the necessary transport infrastructure, the Olympic village, but also many temporary measures such as road closures or media centres’, i.e. expenditure that the IOC as a matter of host …

According to the NDR Hamburg Journal 21.04.2026(From minute 19:44) the Chamber of Commerce issued a press release on April 19th on a survey that dealt with the mood for or against an Olympic bid. Unlike other press releases, this one is not on the Page of the Chamber of Commerce published. On 20 April, the NDR reported on this. In its reporting, the survey was described as “latest” and its values – 60% for this – assessed as a “change of mood”. However, the survey prepared by Prognos for the Chamber of Commerce was already carried out from 20.02. to 5.03, but only …

On 19.04. In 2026, 17 municipalities in North Rhine-Westphalia and Kiel decided to apply for the Olympic Games. Fewer than one in five voters voted yes, but this caused a yes in the 60s and sometimes 70s percent due to the low level of voter turnout. Only in the NRW Lead-City Cologne It was different. There, almost four out of 10 voters went to vote and left an ambivalent picture with just under 43.% No votes to 57% Votes in favour.

In Kiel The election documents contained only pro-arguments. A little over 18 percent of voters voted yes, but this was not the case with a voter turnout …

In your letter to the school boards of 10 April, the school authority points out that teachers can also use NOlympia’s offers for the design of lessons in relation to the referendum, as the initiative was successful. She justified this step on the grounds that the teaching materials that the pre-project group, based in the internal authority, had prepared for the citizenship referendum, which excluded the existence of a counter-opinion or the entire political process associated with it, had been sent on 5 February and that at that time the result of the collection of signatures had not yet been available. Interested …

The so-called pre-project group, i.e. the Olympic advertising department of the Senate financed with several million euros in tax money, sent a message to its partners on 10 April with the subject ‘Hamburg trains for OlympJA’ on 24 April at 4 p.m. at Jungfernstieg. Contrary to what the sender might suggest, the call is signed by three ‘stimulators’: Neuland Concerts, Bergmanngruppe, Onken+Partner. Neuland concerts is known to the public in particular through the visualizations of the opening ceremony on the Binnenalster from the Hamburg Olympic bid. Neuland Concerts offers and implements holistic event concepts. A financial plan for …

In an open letter to Sports Senator Grote and Finance Senator Dressel, NOlympia-Hamburg calls for an additional 167 million euros to be invested in accessible sports facilities in low-status districts in the double budget 2027/2028. Hamburg can receive more than 2.66 billion euros from the Law on the financing of infrastructure investments by federal states and municipalities (LuKIFG) These funds have not yet been allocated and have not yet been earmarked. The funds can be invested in sports infrastructure, but must be invested in addition to the investments from the core budget. Eckart Maudrich, spokesperson for NOlympia-Hamburg: “With this possibility, which can be implemented independently of the IOC and the DOSB, 167 …