Hamburg is Germany's nominee for 2024 Olympic Games

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Hamburg is Germany's nominee for 2024 Olympic Games

HAMBURG, Germany - Today the General Assembly of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) has voted in favor of Hamburg as the official German nominee for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The north German city ofHamburg prevailed over Berlin and aims to present games with short distances, on the water and in the heart ofEurope's second largest port.

Hamburg's First Mayor Olaf Scholz comments: "It would be excellent for Germany to host the Olympics for the first time since 1972. Not only the German sports sector, but alsoGermany as a whole would greatly benefit from hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games. It would be a great honour for us to welcome the world to Hamburg."

The concept is sustainable and compact: An industrial-site in the port will be converted into the "Olympic City", including the Olympic Village and the Olympic Park. The new quarter is situated only one kilometre from the city centre and will be changed into an inner city residential area after the Olympics.

The Olympic Hall will be transformed into a cruise terminal and the Olympic Stadium will be largely retained for subsequent use. Moreover, the Hamburg Olympics will be climate-neutral, as energy demand and transport policies will focus on CO2 neutrality. The majority of competition venues will be within easy reach within a radius of 10 kilometres, perfect for using bikes. ForHamburg, the Olympic Games are a prime urban development project for the future, connecting the city center with suburbs south of the river Elbe.

HAMBURG, Germany - Today the General Assembly of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) has voted in favor of Hamburg as the official German nominee for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The north German city ofHamburg prevailed over Berlin and aims to present games with short distances, on the water and in the heart ofEurope's second largest port.

Hamburg's First Mayor Olaf Scholz comments: "It would be excellent for Germany to host the Olympics for the first time since 1972. Not only the German sports sector, but alsoGermany as a whole would greatly benefit from hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games. It would be a great honour for us to welcome the world to Hamburg."

The concept is sustainable and compact: An industrial-site in the port will be converted into the "Olympic City", including the Olympic Village and the Olympic Park. The new quarter is situated only one kilometre from the city centre and will be changed into an inner city residential area after the Olympics. The Olympic Hall will be transformed into a cruise terminal and the Olympic Stadium will be largely retained for subsequent use. Moreover, the Hamburg Olympics will be climate-neutral, as energy demand and transport policies will focus on CO2 neutrality. The majority of competition venues will be within easy reach within a radius of 10 kilometres, perfect for using bikes. ForHamburg, the Olympic Games are a prime urban development project for the future, connecting the city center with suburbs south of the river Elbe.

Full story: http://www.eturbonews.com/56821/hamburg-germanys-nominee-2024-olympic-games

-- eTN 2015-03-23

[ronrat]

We can look forward to a few years of IOC officials visiting the Reeperbahn then.

[chickenslegs]

I expect McDonalds would support the Hamburger's bid.

I'll get my coat.

Edited March 23, 2015 by chickenslegs

[alant]

A great city, it would be a good venue I feel.

[Commerce]

I'm all for it. As a Brit, and an avid athletics fan, I think this would create great inspiration for German track athletes, who've not shown much presence at all in recent years - get them kids running. Germany does well in field events, but its althetics has been poor show, in fact there wasn't a track medal for Germany at all in London 2012. When a country hosts the games it is tremendous inspiration for up and coming (in any event), but to me the Olmpics is all about the track events (primarily). Don't think we'd see many Greek athletes though. {sorry, couldn't resist}....