Euro 2028 UK and Ireland bid

[stuart1974]

Belfast's Casement Park and Everton's Bramley-Moore Dock, two unbuilt stadiums, are in the UK and Republic of Ireland's joint bid to host Euro 2028.

The 10 grounds also include Glasgow's Hampden Park, Cardiff's Principality Stadium, plus English venues Wembley, St James' Park, Villa Park, the Etihad Stadium and Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Dublin's Aviva Stadium has also made the final shortlist.

Turkey is the other candidate to host the men's tournament in June and July.

Fourteen stadiums were originally on the shortlist submitted to Uefa by the five football associations from the UK and the Republic last year.

Old Trafford - which has the highest capacity in England after Wembley, the Stadium of Light, the London Stadium and Dublin's Croke Park are the four to be dropped from the list.

"High-capacity, world-famous football grounds and state-of-the-art new venues will provide the platform for the biggest and most commercially successful Euros ever - making us a low risk, high reward host," said an FA statement.

The bid has been backed by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf and Wales' First Minister Mark Drakeford, who said it would be the "biggest sporting event our islands have ever jointly staged".

UK & Ireland Euro 2028 host stadiums
1. Wembley Stadium (London) (capacity 90,652)

2. Principality Stadium (Cardiff) (73,952)

3. Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (London) (62,322)

4. Etihad Stadium (Manchester) (61,000)

5. Everton Stadium (Liverpool) (52,679)

6. St James' Park (Newcastle) (52,305)

7. Villa Park (Birmingham) (52,190)

8. Hampden Park (Glasgow) (52,032)

9. Aviva Stadium (Dublin) (51,711)

10. Casement Park (Belfast) (34,500)

[eric]

Why are we doing a joint bid when we have more than enough capable grounds ourselves?

[aghast]

Probably to avoid accusations of bias towards one major Euro nation, to include smaller nations like Wales and Scotland who have never hosted, and most importantly, to get the $$$$ in any way they can.

[eric]

Apr 12, 2023 21:08:39 GMT aghast said:

Probably to avoid accusations of bias towards one major Euro nation, to include smaller nations like Wales and Scotland who have never hosted, and most importantly, to get the $$$$ in any way they can.

Isn’t the only other bidder a single nation bid (Turkey)? I much prefer one country hosting personally and don’t see why we should be doing favours for the other home nations.