Overview
- Kaweh Niroomand, Berlin’s Olympic commissioner, continues to promote a Summer Games bid, while his brother Kamyar Niroumand, president of FC Hertha 03 Zehlendorf, publicly rejects it.
- Kamyar Niroumand calls the bid a political distraction and argues that grassroots sport would not benefit because the city lacks the resources and staff to fix existing problems.
- Hertha Zehlendorf has waited about 18 months for a fan-separation fence and is playing home matches at Stadion Lichterfelde, incurring extra costs and reduced revenue.
- The Landessportbund Berlin is advancing a citizens’ initiative, Die Spiele für Berlin, seeking a state parliament resolution that links any bid to stronger school sport and priority renovations of facilities.
- Pro-bid advocates, including Mayor Kai Wegner, point to investments a Games could unlock, while a DOSB-commissioned Infratest Dimap poll reports 74% nationwide support for a German Summer Olympics bid.