Overview

• Leaders from the Union-SPD coalition and state premiers agreed on June 19 to designate sports infrastructure as a funding category in the €500 billion special fund.
• The DOSB and state sports ministers had campaigned against the initial omission, warning that outdated facilities could force clubs to reduce offerings.
• The sports confederation estimates a maintenance backlog of over €31 billion for venues such as gymnasiums and pools.
• This allocation supplements the coalition’s earlier pledge of at least €1 billion in direct sports infrastructure funding under the “Sportmilliarde.”
• The debt-financed Sondervermögen, set for cabinet approval on June 24, will support climate measures, municipal infrastructure and sports facilities.