EURO 2021

Wrocław will have problems with accommodation of fans during Euro 2012. The dynamically growing hotel industry is just a myth. Taking into consideration the fact that the majority of rooms in hotels has already been reserved for the so-called EUFA Family there can be problems with accommodating fans. Magdalena Piasecka, the president of the Convention Bureau, the municipal institution responsible for the hotels for Euro 2012 in Wroclaw, states that they have problems with accommodation of fans. The whole situation is caused by very strict limits which UEFA requires for […]

On 1 March online registration of tickets for Euro 2012 has begun and on the same day the UEFA will announce prices, stages concerning the pre-sale of tickets and time of their implementation. Tickets are sold exclusively one the Internet. Not all seats will be available. Most tickets have been reserved for VIPs and members of football associations. Not less than 1.4 million tickets will be sold for 31 matches, including the opening match in Warsaw on 8 June 2012 and the final match in Kiev on July 1. Anyone […]

What has been firing the imagination of fans across Europe for many months is now a fact. UEFA has launched a website where anyone can create fan accounts. Why? Because starting 1 March football fans can apply championship tickets. Getting them is going to be a difficult task, but residents of host cities (including Poznań) will find it much easier than others. UEFA has prepared a special batch of tickets available only to residents of the cities where the finals are to take place. An although the distribution procedure is […]

Heavy snow falls in Trójmiasto have not stopped construction works of PGE Arena Gdańsk. “We do not have delays. Almost all the works are going according to our plan” – assured Michael Fijalkowski, spokesman of the European Investment Office Gdańsk 2012. In accordance with the schedule of works we systematically remove supports supporting steel structure and polycarbonate plates on the stadium covering and cables are being installed. Finishing works are carried out on the western grandstand, this is the VIP area, Fijałkowski said to PAP. Was suspended only the works […]

During the event Euro 2010 organized by Poland and Ukraine, there will be two separate lanes for the guests – said Ihor Tymofiejew, the deputy head of the State Customs Service of Ukraine. He also mentioned that the lanes with the symbols of the “Euro 2012” would be on the Poland-Ukraine frontier crossings: Krakowiec-Korczowa, Szeginie-Medic, Rawa Ruska-Hrebenne and Jagodzin-Dorohusk. Guests of the tournament can also expect the improvement of infrastructure and the overall throughput of the Ukrainian borders. Before Euro 2012 Ukraine is going to modernize up to 20 frontier […]

The city wants football fans to admire a nice view while approaching the stadium. I am very pleased that railway will be reactivated. I just wonder whether the windows of queues will be covered with something so as the fans cannot see what is outside? – wonders Marek from Gdansk. He continues “Recently I have taken my son on a trip. I wanted to show him where in two years the championship will be held. Unfortunately, that what you can see on the route from Gdansk Glowny, through Kolonia to […]

A group of twenty UEFA experts visited on Thursday the construction site of the stadium in Wroclaw for Euro 2012. They were mainly interested in the issue of handling business guests of UEFA and the media. Experts have suggested that during the tournament in the eastern grandstand of the facility there should be an additional area for business partners of the soccer federation – informed Magdalena Malara, Wroclaw 2010 Company’s spokeswoman. The representatives of UEFA also checked how the stadium will be prepared for the media, including places of broadcasting […]

One of the most intricate operations has begun at the National Stadium – the elevation of the roof line structure. Until January 4 the 70-meter spire will be elevated to the height of 34 meters above the pitch by means of 72 steel ropes. The central point of construction – a huge spire with “garage” mounted on it for the movable part of the roof will be elevated by more than 40 meters. The whole “big lift” operation (described in such a way by the builders) will take several days. […]

The assembly of 4-thousand-ton steel roof construction began on Thursday on the construction site of the Wroclaw stadium for Euro 2012. Works will last until March 2011. As PAP was informed by Magdalena Malara, Wroclaw 2012 company spokeswoman, the first elements of the construction arrived to the capital of Lower Silesia in late September and then assembly started, including trusses, which are key elements of the roof construction and they will be arranged radially around the stadium. Their length is about 75 m. – Installation of roof trusses is logistically […]

During Euro 2012 Gdańsk will have a joint group with Poznan. If the draw was held today, Spain or the Netherlands would play here. The championship involves 16 teams divided into four groups. Two “Polish” and two “Ukrainian” groups. Each group will play their matches on two stadiums. Initially, Gdańsk was to have a joint group with Warsaw. However, UEFA changed its mind. Warsaw will have a joint group with Wrocław and Gdańsk with Poznań. The teams from the “C” group will play on our stadiums. – A very good […]