{"id":75315,"date":"2026-05-05T15:07:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T15:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/75315\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T15:07:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T15:07:11","slug":"berlin-senate-unanimously-endorses-plans-for-potential-olympic-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/75315\/","title":{"rendered":"Berlin senate unanimously endorses plans for potential Olympic bid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Berlin senate has unanimously endorsed the plans for a potential Olympic bid presented by Mayor Kai Wegner on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Berlin+ concept, presented by Wegner and Senator for the Interior Iris Spranger to support a bid to host the Summer Games in 2036, 2040, or 2044, assumes that 97% of all sports venues required for the competitions are already built.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Spranger estimated the cost of organizing the Games at \u20ac4.82 billion $5.64 billion). In contrast, revenue of \u20ac5.24 billion is expected, meaning that a profit of around \u20ac420 million would be generated &#8220;for Berlin&#8217;s schools and grassroots sports,&#8221; Spranger said in a news conference.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are convinced that hosting the Games in Berlin would be a win far beyond the realm of sports,&#8221; Wegner said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Olympic and Paralympic Games can provide a major boost to our city and showcase Germany as a modern and reliable host,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The city also plans to build an Olympic route, which will run from the Olympic stadium in the west to the Tempelhofer Feld, a former airport turned into park in the south, which is to host the opening ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Olympic route will serve as a visible symbol of the connection between sports, culture, and urban society,&#8221; said Moritz van D\u00fclmen, managing director for culture projects in the city.<\/p>\n<p>Berlin is one of four candidates in the domestic preliminary selection process to choose Germany&#8217;s Olympic host. Its competitors are Munich, Hamburg, and the Rhine-Ruhr region, centred on Cologne.<\/p>\n<p>On September 26, the German Olympic body DOSB will decide which candidate to propose to the International Olympic Committee (IOC).<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the other three candidates, Berlin won&#8217;t host a referendum on the Olympic plans.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Governing Mayor of Berlin Kai Wegner speaks at a press conference following the Senate meeting and presents the city\u2019s bid for the Olympics. Annette Riedl\/dpa\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/8545f2f3a84fc9a7ddf9fe187c0fd0f4.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Governing Mayor of Berlin Kai Wegner speaks at a press conference following the Senate meeting and presents the city\u2019s bid for the Olympics. 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