The international automobile fair will take place in the Bavarian capital of Munich in the future. The VdA decided on Tuesday.
- The IAA comes to Munich.
- The decision was made public on Tuesday.
- But there is already initial criticism.
Update from 7:17 p.m .: Munich is awarded the contract for the International Motor Show (IAA). Previously, Frankfurt am Main hosted the fair for almost 70 years. The first Munich IAA is scheduled to take place in early September 2021, shortly before the Oktoberfest.
Munich is planning a much smaller car fair for trade visitors. Instead of entire, 11,000 square meter exhibition halls for individual car groups, there should be no more than 2,000 square meters of stands. The focus of the new IAA is on an event platform in the Olympic Park and in the city center, where the public can test autonomous, electric and hydrogen cars and try out networking with other modes of transport. Cultural events, discussion forums with critics and many other events are also to take place there. Visitors should be able to test the new cars even on one-hour tours "with an alpine panorama" , said fair boss Klaus Dittrich.
IAA comes to Munich - but there is already initial criticism
The international airport , the large, modern exhibition center and above all the support of politicians and the population spoke for the Autostadt in the south. Around 130,000 Munich work in the auto industry, two thirds of citizens support the IAA in their city, the Greens voted in the city council, and the Bavarian state government has already committed 15 million euros for the infrastructure. Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) tweeted after the decision: “We want the car of the future with alternative drives. The aim is to reconcile climate protection and the automobile. "
The Bund Naturschutz (BN) announced protests in Munich on Tuesday: "With its focus on motorized private transport and SUVs, the IAA stands for a mobility policy from the day before yesterday. We may protest against this in Munich as much as in Frankfurt, ”said BN chief Richard Mergner.
Mega coup for Munich: IAA comes to the Bavarian capital
First report from March 3, 5:35 p.m.
Munich - The Bavarian capital can look forward to winning the International Motor Show . The IAA will therefore take place in Munich. The association of the automotive industry decided on Tuesday. Munich thus prevailed against its competitors Hamburg and Berlin.
"It was a very close race, for which I would like to thank the participants warmly," said VDA boss Hildegard Müller on Tuesday. The fact that Munich would be awarded the contract had already been indicated in the hours before. It was only in the morning from VW circles that the group preferred the Bavarian capital.
IAA comes to Munich: This is how the state capital convinced the VDA
Munich also convinced with “to make the city center and city-center, highly attractive places as event locations the stage of the IAA”, said the VDA: “As a technology and strong industrial location and seat of numerous high-tech companies, start-ups and research institutions as well innovative companies in the automotive industry, Munich is an excellent partner for realigning the IAA. "
The decision was now made for Munich, even if BMW, a large traditional car company, is based there. Not least because of this, BMW had announced that it wanted to replace its company logo on the four-cylinder high-rise directly at the Olympic Park with the IAA logo during the IAA. The state capital advertised with experience at major events, the airport and with the high-tech industry with companies such as Google, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and start-up conferences such as Bits & Pretzels.
Munich gets the IAA: Reiter is happy
The picture quotes Munich's second mayor Manuel Pretzl (CSU): "I am very pleased that Munich has been awarded the contract for this important trade fair. The Munich CSU fought for the IAA from the beginning and without reservations. "
And for Lord Mayor Dieter Reiter (SPD), the award is a blessing just before the local elections in Munich *. He told the newspaper: "I am pleased that the VDA has chosen Munich as the future host city for the International Motor Show (IAA). The Munich city council had only confirmed two weeks ago that it explicitly supported the reorientation of the IAA as a platform for the sustainable design of future mobility and approved the application by Messe München. ”
The trade fair, which takes place every two years, was held in Frankfurt for decades. After falling visitor numbers and a lot of criticism of the industry get-together, the association was looking for a new location and a new image for the automotive industry's performance show. Seven cities and trade fairs had applied to host the fair in the future. Finally, Munich, Hamburg and Berlin remained in the final round.
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