The campaign is in full swing. One month before the referendum which, on April 19, will invite some 5,5 million citizens to position themselves on a bid to host the Games, the sports stakeholders North Rhine-Westphalia flexed their muscles last weekend. The region's major football clubs, in particular, used their popularity to draw attention to the referendum and the opportunity presented by a bid. In the Bundesliga, the players of Bayer Leverkusen posed in front of a giant banner reading "Together for the greatest of moments".
The scene was recreated in Dortmund, in the presence of athletes such as table tennis player Timo Boll, high jumper Christina Honsel, para-swimmer Maurice Wetekam and Frank Busemann, Olympic silver medalist in the decathlon in AtlantaFC Schalke 04, VfL Bochum and a number of amateur clubs have also expressed their support for the project. Sport is deeply rooted in our cultureWe want the world's best athletes to experience their greatest moment in the best sporting state in the country. “,” commented Hendrik Wüst, Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia. Munich, also a candidate for the DOSB nomination, has already held a referendum, which it won by a large margin.
