This Sunday (3 p.m. at MagentaSport) the Fraport Skyliners will play against Bayern.

How far have the Bavarians distanced themselves from the Skyliners in terms of sport and economy?

Jörg Daniels

Editor in the sports department

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The economic strength of Bavaria with a pre-Corona budget of more than 20 million euros is also reflected one-to-one in sports, although fortunately that is no guarantee of title wins. Due to their economic power, they are the top favorites for the German championship and the cup win every year. On the other hand, we usually play in this half of the table with our budget from the clearly lower half of the table, but that shouldn't be an excuse. It is important that you always make the best of your possibilities and never give up. That was the only way we could win the titles that we won. We never had the highest budget and still won the cup, German champion and European cup. This is our DNA.

Can the Skyliners catch up with Bavaria at some point with a new multifunctional arena?

Yes, sporty, even if we may not quite reach the budget, which Bayern Munich Basketball has.

How does that work?

Because we are convinced that we will manage to become top athletes again in Germany and Europe, we made an offer to the city of Frankfurt in September 2020 to examine, financed by us, how a modern, green city arena would be under urban development and architectural and financial aspects are to be created so that it offers the professional sports teams and cultural workers a permanent home. So far, this investigation has not been carried out by the alleged bidders in the unsuccessful tender or by the city. If the political, economic and legal framework conditions are right, we have also promised to realize a sustainable, modern, green city arena that meets the diverse public needs by autumn 2025. In the city,Easily accessible - ideally on foot or by bike. The Arena am Kaiserlei symbolizes the departure in Frankfurt to develop a modern, smart and livable city.

Who should finance this?

We will build our green city arena as Frankfurters, with Frankfurters, for the citizens of Frankfurt and Offenbach.

It will cost around 150 million euros, we have a verified business plan and a financing concept.

The sports city of Frankfurt deserves this city arena at the Kaiserlei.

We have the confidence to build them and operate them successfully.

Under what conditions can the Skyliners become a high-performance Euroleague team?

The prerequisite is that we, like the football clubs Eintracht Frankfurt, Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund, have the operation of the city arena in our own hands. Either under sole responsibility or with a strong partner who shares our interests. The aim is to set up an operator model through which the generated income is reinvested as much as possible in sport and culture in Frankfurt and not transferred to investors. Otherwise we will fare quickly, like for example Eintracht Frankfurt before taking over the stadium operating company. Or even more extreme, the Hamburg Freezers ice hockey club or HSV handball. The arena in Hamburg under the owner AEG did not create the platform on which regional sport can grow at the highest level without patronage.Costs for the hall and match operations, sponsorship conflicts, conflicts in the marketing of VIP offers, a lack of participation in significant revenue streams, and a lack of support for communication have resulted in the teams failing to break even in the top division develop, but had to cease operations. AEG has promoted concerts and other events and continues to operate profitably in the market, now only without regional sports. Any other investor with no local connection will do the same. We do not want to and will not expect the sports city of Frankfurt to do that.A lack of communication support meant that the teams did not manage to break even in the top division, but instead had to cease operations. AEG has promoted concerts and other events and continues to operate profitably in the market, now only without regional sports. Any other investor with no local connection will do the same. We do not want to and will not expect the sports city of Frankfurt to do that.A lack of communication support meant that the teams did not manage to break even in the top division, but instead had to cease operations. AEG has promoted concerts and other events and continues to operate profitably in the market, now only without regional sports. Any other investor with no local connection will do the same. We do not want to and will not expect the sports city of Frankfurt to do that.We do not want to and will not expect the sports city of Frankfurt to do that.We do not want to and will not expect the sports city of Frankfurt to do that.

Is your plan for the hall at Kaiserlei to be in place in 2025?