The sport complex and its concept will be built by the German architect company GMP International GmbH, which built several stadiums for the 2006 FIFA World Cup (including the renovation of the Olympiastadion in Berlin and the construction of the Commerzbank-Arena in Frankfurt).
His relay began at Unter den Linden and made its way to Olympiastadion in Berlin, where he lit two urns which burned until the end of the summer games.