Overview
- The Bavarian Supreme Regional Court refused to extend an injunction on Thursday, allowing Munich to sign contracts for the Paulaner and Schottenhamel tents and for the festival build to proceed.
- Alexander Egger, a small Wiesn operator, has lost interim reliefs but is continuing a substantive legal challenge that argues the city must run EU-wide procurement for large tents.
- The court said a Europe-wide tender and the following construction could not be completed before the September 19 start of Oktoberfest, so the public interest in avoiding delay outweighed the applicant's request.
- The decision restores planning certainty for operators who must hire staff, confirm suppliers and begin assembly from late June, and city officials and tent families expressed public relief.
- The central legal question about whether large-tent awards fall under EU procurement rules remains open and will be decided in the main proceedings with potential consequences for how the Wiesn is allocated in future years.