German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, left, signs the papers creating the Munich 2018 bid committee, with Thomas Bach, president of the German Olympic Sports Union. (ATR) Saying that all of Germany wants to win the 2018 Winter Games, Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble signs the documents creating the committee that is to lead the Olympic bid.
“The whole of Germany is looking forward to 2018 Winter Games in Munich," said Schaeuble.
Munich is seeking to become the first city to host summer and Winter Olympic Games.
A signing ceremony was held Tuesday in the Munich city hall, along with Thomas Bach, president of the DOSB, the German Olympic Sports Union, and a vice president of the IOC.
Bach says there is “no plan B” for Munich, that the objective is to win the IOC vote for the 2018 Winter Games, set for 2011.
“The message of the 2018 bid is the combination of a great winter sports tradition and culture, innovative technology and sustainability,” said Bach at the launch.
The former director of the Munich Olympic Park, Wilfrid Spronk, was named managing director for the bid. One of his first jobs is to secure the 30 million Euros in private funding needed to pay for a bid. Sponsors, not government will pay the tab.
The mountains at Garmisch will host the snow events in the Munich winter bid. (Getty Images)Current plans call for the ice events to be held in Munich, with the snow venues in Garmisch, site of the 1936 Winter Games. The sled events will be held at the track in Koeniggssee.
Earlier plans to use other venues in Bavaria were dropped to make the bid more compact.
Competition for 2018 is also expected from PyeongChang, South Korea; Grenoble, France; Tromso, Norway; Geneva, Switzerland and possibly Lake Tahoe in the U.S.
While bid groups are forming in these cities, the IOC won’t begin the application process for 2018 until next year, when the campaign for the 2016 Summer Olympics comes to an end.
Written by Ed Hula
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