Hamburg will not bid to host the Summer Olympic Games in 2036, 2040 or 2044. In a referendum, city residents voted mostly against the Hanseatic city joining a German Olympic bid. First Mayor Peter Tschentscher, who had supported the plan to bid for the Games before the vote, announced the withdrawal of the bid after the result. Tagesspiegel ↗
The decision means that German plans for an Olympic bid will proceed without Hamburg. Following the city's elimination, the competition for further advancement moves to a stage in which three candidates remain. Hamburg had already run into resident opposition to Olympic plans in 2015, when they likewise halted the city's effort to host the Games. Die Zeit ↗
The referendum result triggered political reactions. After the vote, the AfD demanded Peter Tschentscher's resignation. Other representatives expressed regret that residents rejected the Olympic bid. According to available information, a political review of the failure is now beginning, since the project had the backing of the city leadership. Die Zeit ↗
For Hamburg, the referendum is a binding political signal that ends the current effort to join the Olympic plans. Further developments will concern mainly the remaining German candidates and the decision on who will continue in the process. Welt ↗
Hamburg withdraws Olympic bid after referendum
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Sportpolitik: Nach Nein zu Olympia - Politische Aufarbeitung startet
Die Zeit
| 04:30 01.06.
Bürgervotum zu Sommerspielen: Hamburg raus: Was das für die deutschen Olympia-Pläne heißt
Tagesspiegel
| 04:03 01.06.
Nach Bürgerentscheid: Tschentscher: Hamburg zieht Olympia-Bewerbung zurück
Die Zeit
| 20:15 31.05.
Hamburgs Bewohner stimmen gegen Olympia-Bewerbung
Welt
| 19:50 31.05.
Sportpolitik: Hamburger sagen Nein zur Olympia-Bewerbung
Tagesspiegel
| 19:45 31.05.
Olympia-Abstimmung: Hamburger wollen keine Spiele in ihrer Stadt
Spiegel.de
| 19:49 31.05.
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