Euro 2028: UK & Ireland shortlist 14 stadiums in tournament bid

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Italy triumph   Euro 2020Wembley Stadium hosted the Euro 2020 last successful July

Everton's caller stadium is 1 of 14 venues successful the UK and Republic of Ireland's bid dossier for hosting Euro 2028.

The Bramley-Moore Dock stadium, which is inactive being built, is acceptable to beryllium completed successful 2024.

Belfast's caller Casement Park Stadium is besides connected the shortlist, though enactment has not yet started connected the site.

The 5 shot associations person to taxable a last database of 10 stadiums to Uefa successful April 2023.

The dossier, which was submitted connected 16 November, is titled: "Football for all. Football for good. Football for the future."

In a associated statement, the England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland shot associations, said: "Together, we judge we tin present a world-class tournament, and that hosting Uefa Euro 2028 volition execute a beardown and sustainable bequest for shot and wider society, helping to thrust economical maturation successful section communities."

The projected shortlist of stadia includes Premier League grounds Villa Park, Everton Stadium, London Stadium, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, St James' Park, City of Manchester Stadium and Old Trafford.

The database besides features Sunderland's crushed Stadium of Light, Wembley, Hampden Park successful Glasgow, Dublin Arena, Croke Park and Casement Park Stadium.

The associations anticipation erstwhile records of staging palmy sporting events successful the UK and Ireland volition amusement they person the "expertise and acquisition to instrumentality this world-class tourney to caller heights."

They had antecedently considered seeking to signifier the World Cup successful 2030 and conducted a £2.8m feasibility survey into a imaginable bid.

But successful February they decided to absorption their efforts on Euro 2028.

The UK-Ireland bid faces contention from Turkey, with Uefa's enforcement committee acceptable to marque a determination connected the hosting nations for Euro 2028 and Euro 2032, successful September 2023.

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