According to the study, the most important musical event will yield around 58 million euros -brossy added value in the coming year. While Graz is leaving for the location for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 and is not applicable, the state council of Tyrol, Mario Gerber (ÖVP), is now intervening – with the aim of: the ESC should go to Innsbruck!
Which Austrian city will the Eurovision Song Confet (ESC) coordinate in 2026? The discussion broke out immediately after the victory by singer JJ. There must be clarity in the course of the summer. Since Friday it has been resolved that Graz will not be a host. Tyrol’s State Capital Innsbruck, on the other hand, is still in the race – and gets further support from politics.
“Well thought out and strong concept”
Now Mario Gerber (ÖVP) is also involved: “Innsbruck and Tyrol have often proven that we are not only able to handle international major events, but can also implement it at the highest level.” The race will be entered with a “well thought out, strong concept”. The ESC is a unique opportunity and can set sustainable impulses.
Gerber refers to an investigation into value creation by the Tyrol World Cup, which is based on the previous ESC.
- 500,000 visitors and 50,000 nights. Delegations remain about 14 days, technical staff is much longer.
- 5000 people are involved in the organizational, technology, security and supporting program.
- Due to the ESC, a total of 1227 annual employment places in Tyrol are connected.
- The study assumes the gross added effects of 58 million euros.
“Innsbruck offers everything ESC needs”
A week before the deadline of the application, Innsbruck Burgemeester Johannes Anzengruber, ESC project manager Veronika Rabl and the chairman of Innsbruck Tourism, Peter Paul Mölk, also confirmed the Claim of the Tyrolean State Capital, location for the Eurovision Song Contest 202. The ESCCECK offers what the Communal Credions – more.”
“We combine everything that ESC makes – diversity, internationality, enthusiasm – and give it a new, distinctive face with our special location and atmosphere,” says Rabl.
The ESC would not only take place in the Olympichalle, “but the entire city fascinates,” emphasizes the tourist chef Mölk. He could understand that “some are still skeptical. But I am convinced: at the last minute when the locals and guests celebrate together, it will be an unforgettable festival for everyone in the middle of the city, in an ESC village full of emotions, meetings and music.”
Olympiahalle as a heart
The Olympiahalle provides the Innsbruck concept as the heart of the event. Other areas such as the Tivoli Stadium, the small ice rink and the ice ring would offer space for public viewing and fan zones.
Source: Krone
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