Overview
- Alexander Egger says sustained threats and hostility led him to cancel operating his Münchner Stubn at this year’s Oktoberfest for safety reasons, a decision he disclosed to national outlets on Sunday.
- Egger sued months ago to require that the Schottenhamel and Paulaner tents be awarded under EU public procurement rules, arguing the city’s points-based scoring is opaque and contains repeated, unexplained contradictions.
- A court rejected Egger’s interim injunction earlier in the process and the Bavarian higher court has scheduled an oral hearing on September 11 to rule on the substantive legal question.
- The monthslong dispute caused public uproar and prompted resignations and statements from festival groups that warned an EU-style tender could harm Oktoberfest’s character, but tent assembly for this year proceeded on schedule.
- Because major tent places are lucrative and split between city awards and brewery influence, the September hearing could change how standplaces are allocated and reshape competition, contracts and the festival’s governance going forward.