The ISPO sporting goods and outdoor trade fair is leaving its home after more than 50 years. From 2026, it will no longer be held in Munich but in Amsterdam, Messe München has announced. The upcoming ISPO at the end of November will therefore be the last in the Bavarian capital.

The move comes as Messe München is contributing ISPO which it owns, to a new joint venture with the British events company Raccoon Media Group. The aim is to give the long-established trade fair a fresh start under Raccoon Media Group's operational responsibility. Visitor and exhibitor numbers in Munich have recently declined. While there were 3,307 exhibitors in 2018, there were only 1,937 in 2024. Visitor numbers stood at 80,000 in 2019 - the last year before the pandemic - and just 55,000 in 2024.

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