Shortly after the end of the Federal Garden Show (Buga), the CDU parliamentary group in the Erfurt city council asked for financial help from the state government.
"We now need definitive commitments from the country," said the CDU parliamentary group leader Michael Hose on Tuesday in Erfurt.
Although the flower show celebrated its end with a record number of visitors, it must have made losses overall due to the lack of visitors at the beginning.
Erfurt - It will be about several million euros, which the city could also urgently need for the school renovation, said Hose.
A Buga spokeswoman said a final balance can only be expected in a few weeks.
Invoices are still pending, for example.
Income would also be generated through the sale of individual exhibits.
The organizers had originally hoped for 1.9 million visitors.
However, corona restrictions such as flower halls that were initially closed for weeks and the obligation to wear a mask on the site cost around 400,000 visitors, according to the mayor of Erfurt, Andreas Bausewein (SPD).
As a result, he expected a deficit of two to three million euros.
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