(April 28, 2004) Germany’s National Garden Show will open its doors in exactly one year. To be staged in Munich’s Messestadt Riem district, the Show has already sold its first ticket. And what a ticket it was! It gets its holder—Christian Ude, Munich’s mayor—into the Show, the largest of its kind in the world, as often as he wants during the Show’s 165 days.

Made at the party staged to celebrate the year-long countdown to the event, the purchase of the event-long pass was soon followed by 600 others.

As Ude put it: “I really recommend the purchasing of an event-long pass, as it will give you the opportunity to experience the Show and its plants during all phases of the growing season, from spring to autumn.”

At the party, which was held on a sunny spring day, the mayor became one of the first to ride in the Show’s PeopleMover, whose 3 kilometer-long track is situated up to 28 meters above the exhibition’s surface. Installed in four and a half months by Austria’s Doppelmayr, the PeopleMover will transport up to 2,500 visitors an hour.

Right on schedule
The party provided the managing directors of the Show’s organizers with an opportunity to report on the progress being achieved. As Andrea Gebhard and Hanspeter Faas noted, most of the site’s vegetation has already been planted, and all of the requisite construction work launched. Both of the two key concepts of the Show—showing how an urban quarter can achieve sustainable development and getting the whole region involved in the staging of the event—are being implemented.

The event-long pass costs adults €55 (advance sales) and €65 (at and during the Show) and children €10 and €20. Reduced-price passes are available to those eligible for such at €40 and €45.

Part of the proceeds from the purchase of the event-long passes will be devoted to providing tickets to needy children and charitable organizations.

For further information:
Max-Joseph Kronenbitter
Head of Press
Bundesgartenschau München 2005 GmbH
Paul-Wassermann-Straße 3
D-81829 Munich
Tel.: (+49-89) 412 005 21
Fax: (+49-89) 412 005 90
E-Mail: max.kronenbitter@buga2005.de

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