HAMBURG WITHDRAWS OLYMPIC BID AFTER REFERENDUM

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HAMBURG DEFEATING BERLIN IN THE GERMAN DUEL FOR THE CANDIDACY WAS A RARE SUCCESS.

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BUT THEN …

▸ The refugee crisis

▸ The corruption scandals in the German and global football

▸ The terrorist attacks in Paris

CAME.

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48.4%

SOURCE: HTTP://WWW.SPIEGEL.DE/SPORT/SONST/OLYMPIA-REFERENDUM-HAMBURG-SAGT-NEIN-A-1065147.HTML

FINANCING WAS DISCLOSED TRANSPARENTLY: €11.2BN

LESS WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER FOR THE REFERENDUM…

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SOURCE: HTTP://WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM/SPORT/2015/OCT/08/HAMBURG-MAYOR-OLYMPICS-2024-LONDON

BUT NOT HONEST.

IN 2006: €241 MIO BY 2017: €789 MIO

SOURCE: HTTP://WWW.SPIEGEL.DE/WIRTSCHAFT/ELBPHILHARMONIE-GEHOERT-ZU-DEN-ZEHN-TEUERSTEN-WOLKENKRATZERN-DER-WELT-A-1006705.HTML

GERMANY HAS DISGRACED ITSELF WITH HAMBURG IN A WAY YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT TO BE HARDLY POSSIBLE - EVEN IF THE MAIN REASON HAS PROBABLY BEEN THE WORLD SITUATION.

SO, HOW WOULD YOU HAVE VOTED?

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SOURCES

▸ http://www.footballpictures.co/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/hamburg-2024-olympics-6.jpg

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▸ http://www.abendblatt.de/hamburg/article206735751/Hamburg-hat-sich-selbst-um-eine-grosse-Chance-gebracht.html?service=mobile

▸ http://blog.zeit.de/hamburg-veranstaltungen/files/2015/10/11924219_1662615763953659_5253810152141275642_n-460x259.png

▸ https://www.freundeskreis-elbphilharmonie.de/wp-content/themes/elbphilharmonie/assets/img/background/background-category-start-02.jpg

▸ http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/oct/08/hamburg-mayor-olympics-2024-london

▸ http://www.spiegel.de/sport/sonst/olympia-referendum-hamburg-sagt-nein-a-1065147.html

▸ http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/elbphilharmonie-gehoert-zu-den-zehn-teuersten-wolkenkratzern-der-welt-a-1006705.html