ESC 2026: Start of the Race for the Host City

If you are looking for a room in and around Innsbruck in May 2026, you have to reckon with extremely high prices. The venue of the ESC is not even known yet. Experts from the Institute for Higher Studies explain how such large events have an impact on inflation and value creation.

Next week, ORF will present the requirements profile for Host City. Innsbruck's head of the city anticipates a cost of 40 million euros.

Only recently we introduced the first Austrian cities, which had already come into play with regard to the next alignment of the Eurovision Song Contest. Only a few days later there are already other interested parties. Although applications can not be submitted at all at the moment, one can already show interest. Now there are also two [...]