POSTED: Tuesday May 10th 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MUNICH 2018 'THRILLED' WITH IOC EVALUATION COMMISSION REPORT

Bid Committee’s initial reaction to highly positive IOC appraisal

Munich, 10 May 2011: Bernhard Schwank, CEO of the Munich 2018 Bid Committee, has issued the following initial reaction to the IOC Evaluation Commission's highly positive appraisal of the Bavarian capital's bid:

'On very first reading, we are absolutely thrilled with the IOC Evaluation Commission's report on Munich 2018. Of course we will be reading and digesting the report more closely, but right now we want to offer our sincere thanks to the Commission members for their full and frank assessment of our bid's strengths.

‘It was particularly pleasing to see that the core pillars of our Winter Games concept clearly resonated with the Commission during its visit, particularly Munich 2018’s compact, athlete-friendly plan and our unique story of Olympic sustainability. The report cites our ‘strong and innovative sustainability strategy with the extensive use of existing and temporary facilities’; we are delighted that our vision of staging a Winter Games in existing Summer Games venues for the first time in Olympic history struck a chord with the Commission.’

Note to editor: Munich 2018 will be issuing a more comprehensive reaction to the IOC Evaluation Commission’s report within the next two hours.

Background
Munich, in collaboration with Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Berchtesgadener Land, is applying to host the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The application will be put together and managed by Bewerbungsgesellschaft München 2018 GmbH, with Katarina Witt as Chair, Bernhard Schwank as CEO and Jürgen Bühl as Managing Director. Shareholders in the application organisation are the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) with 51 per cent, the City of Munich (30 per cent), the Free State of Bavaria (nine per cent), the market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (eight per cent) and the district of Berchtesgadener Land (two per cent). The bid is being supported by national sponsors Adidas, Allianz, the BMW Group, BayWa, Deutsche Bahn, Deutsche Post, Flughafen München GmbH, Lotto Bayern, Deutsche Lufthansa AG, METRO GROUP, and the Sparkasse Finance Group, along with national suppliers ARGE (Albert Speer & Partner and PROPROJEKT), Deloitte, Getty Images, GfK Verein, IMMO 2018, Messe München GmbH, Norton Rose LLP, Munich Olympic Park, pilot sport and Stadtwerke München GmbH. More information about the concept, the progress of the application and many other aspects can be found at http://www.muenchen2018.org/en.

Bewerbungsgesellschaft München 2018 GmbH
Munich 2018 Bid Committee
Olympiapark München
Spiridon-Louis-Ring 21
80809 München

Responsible for contents:
Bernhard Schwank and Jürgen Bühl

Press Contact:
Simone Seefried
Agnes-Pockels-Bogen 1
80992 München
Telephone: +49 89 540428-317
Mobile: +49 176 840 532 26
E-Mail: presse@muenchen2018.org

Online Press Area:
http://www.muenchen2018.org/en/press

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Keywords · Munich 2018 · IOC · Gunilla Lindberg · Thomas Bach · Katarina Witt · Bernhard Schwank ·

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Name: Simone Seefried
Organization: Munich 2018 Bid Committee
Email:
Phone: 4989540428317
URL: http://www.muenchen2018.org

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