Overview

• Four German cities and regions — Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and Rhein-Ruhr — delivered their detailed 2040 Olympic hosting concepts to the DOSB by the May 31 deadline.
• All bids conform to the IOC’s One Village Concept requiring venues and athlete accommodation within a 50-kilometer radius of a central Olympic village.
• Munich’s proposal centers on its 1972 Olympiapark with mostly existing facilities, adds temporary venues for swimming plus new sites for skateboarding and BMX, and estimates €5.3 billion for staging alongside €5.3 billion in infrastructure upgrades.
• Berlin’s model unites the capital with Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein and even plans its equestrian events in Aachen to satisfy the IOC’s radius requirement.
• Rhein-Ruhr’s bid leverages existing arenas with a modular athletics stadium, promises a record 10 million tickets and moves forward as the DOSB prepares to review all submissions by September.