Euro 2028: Casement Park and Everton's Bramley-Moore Dock among 10 stadiums for UK & Ireland bid

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Casement ParkPlanning support for Belfast's 34,500-capacity Casement Park stadium has been granted

Belfast's Casement Park and Everton's Bramley-Moore Dock, 2 unbuilt stadiums, are successful the UK and Republic of Ireland's associated bid to big Euro 2028.

The 10 grounds besides see Glasgow's Hampden Park, the Principality Stadium successful Cardiff, positive English venues St James' Park, the Etihad Stadium, the London Stadium and Wembley.

Dublin's Croke Park and Aviva Stadium person besides made the last shortlist.

Turkey is the different campaigner to big the men's tourney successful June and July.

Fourteen stadiums were primitively connected the shortlist submitted to Uefa by the 5 shot associations from the UK and the Republic past year.

Old Trafford - which has the highest capableness successful England aft Wembley, Villa Park, the Stadium of Light and Tottenham Hotspur Stadium are the 4 to beryllium dropped from the list.

"High-capacity, world-famous shot grounds and state-of-the-art caller venues volition supply the level for the biggest and astir commercially palmy Euros ever - making america a debased risk, precocious 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 beryllium the "biggest sporting lawsuit our islands person ever jointly staged".

Two unbuilt grounds marque list

Everton's caller Bramley-Moore Dock stadium 'on track'

Work has not yet started connected a 34,500-capacity stadium planned for the Casement Park site, which has not been successful usage since 2013.

The stadium has chiefly been a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) venue and redevelopment has been taxable to a legal challenge.

Everton's Bramley-Moore Dock, expected to big astir 53,000 spectators, is nether operation and expected to beryllium built by 2024.

Earlier this year, Everton proprietor Farhad Moshiri revealed that costs for the club's caller Bramley Moore Dock stadium could magnitude to £760m - a £260m summation connected figures quoted by the nine past year.

A determination connected who volition big the 2028 Euro finals is expected to beryllium made by Uefa's enforcement committee successful September, with enactment connected each imaginable big stadiums to statesman by astatine slightest the summertime of 2024, 4 years earlier the tournament.

The UK and the Republic accidental successful their bid a grounds 3 cardinal tickets volition beryllium made disposable portion "sustainability and bully governance practice" are "top priorities".

They accidental much than 80% of summons holders capable to question to matches by nationalist transport and assertion it volition make £2.6bn combined for the nations' economies

A reappraisal into upset astatine the Euro 2020 final, held successful London astatine Wembley, recovered "ticketless, drunken and drugged-up thugs" could person caused decease arsenic they stormed the stadium.

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