With cities in the midst of preparing their bid books for Eurovision 2025, we have a city dropping out of the race, as St. Gallen has revealed that it will not be putting a bid forward to host Eurovision 2025.
High requirements cannot be met
The news of St. Gallen not bidding for next year’s contest was revealed by the city itself, citing the inability to meet the requirements set by SRG, with the city estimating that the city’s hosting of the contest could reach up to CHF 40 Million.
Some of the requirements that St. Gallen was not able to meet include having hotels with more than 25 rooms, as well as having Olma Hall (the proposed venue) available for 8 weeks, as this would result in a “difficult-to-estimate losses in revenue” for the venue, as well as postponement of events that are already booked, which could put a strain on relationships with loyal exhibitors, partners and visitors.
In addition, the city also mentioned that infrastructure would have to be upgraded for the contest, and as such meant that the high requirements cannot be met in its current form.
Despite not bidding for Eurovision 2025, St. Gallen mentioned that if Zurich is awarded the contest, the city has mentioned that Olma Hall could be used for other events, due to its short proximity, and if SRG decides to resize the event due to insufficient bids, it would be happy to consider a second attempt.
All About Eurovision 2025
Switzerland will be hosting the 69th edition of the competition following Nemo’s historic win at Eurovision 2024 in Malmö. A few weeks after their win, it was already announced that Reto Peritz, and Moritz Stadler will be the Executive Producers of next year’s shows, with the other roles to be filled at a later date.
Meanwhile, the following cities have confirmed that they will be bidding to host Eurovision 2025:
Meanwhile, the following cities have publicly expressed their interest in hosting the competition, but are yet to confirm if they will be submitting a bid to host, and they are:
The interested cities in hosting next year’s competition have now received the requirements they would have to meet in order to host next year’s competition. Cities would have until the end of June to submit their bids, with SRG SSR set to reveal the Eurovision 2025 host city by the end of August.
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News Source: St. Gallen
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