Overview
- BILD reports a city committee ranked applicants for 2026 tents and issued only provisional approvals for the Paulaner and Schottenhamel halls pending a legal review.
- Munich restaurateur Alexander Egger, through WE Gutshof GmbH, asked a regional procurement tribunal to treat the two central tents as public contracts under EU rules.
- The Vergabekammer Südbayern, a body that reviews public tenders, called the filing unprecedented and said it plans a ruling within the five-week legal window.
- If the tribunal applies EU procurement law, the city could have to run an EU-wide tender for the Paulaner and Schottenhamel sites instead of using its local system.
- Wiesn hosts warned that a switch could erode long-held customs, Paulaner said the city followed the law, and the city’s Oktoberfest office declined comment because litigation is possible.