Senate is not planning any higher fees for high-risk games in Berlin football stadiums
The state of Berlin is not planning any fees for additional police costs for so-called high-risk games in football stadiums. “Expenditures for police operations are basically covered by the funds set in the state budget for the police and are therefore not charged separately for football games,” said the spokeswoman for the Senate Department for Home Affairs and Sport, Sylvia Schwab, on a request from the dpa news agency.
The day before, the presidents of the federal states’ audit offices had decided to introduce charges. So far, the city-state of Bremen is the only federal state to have a corresponding fee schedule.
“Clubs in the first division or second division could still do that. But clubs from lower divisions very probably not,” said Schwab, “that would endanger the existence of the clubs. That is not what we want.”
Only a nationwide regulation would be a sensible solution, Schwab continued. In the case of an individual solution, additional fees would lead to “that event organizers in toll-free countries would migrate. That would not only cause a loss of image, but also economic disadvantages for Berlin.”
According to the nationwide classification of the susceptibility of sporting events to a traffic light system, which has been running nationwide since January 1, 2019, there were three high risk ratings of games in the 2018/2019 season, and eight events in the following season. This season, up to October 6th, two games were rated as high risk games.
Broadcast: rbb24, October 7th, 2021, 10 p.m.