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The UK and Ireland will host Euro 2028 after Turkey formally withdraw their bid to host the tournament.
UEFA have this morning (Wednesday) confirmed that Turkey have pulled out of the bidding process. That leaves the way unopposed for the joint UK and Ireland bid, which will be rubber-stamped in Nyon on October 10. Turkey are now set to jointly host Euro 2032 with Italy.
Ten stadiums across England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland are slated to host the 2028 tournament. Manchester United's Old Trafford and Liverpool's home, Anfield, have not made the final cut to hold games.
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Northern Ireland's stadium, Casement Park, has not even been built yet while Hampden Park in Glasgow, Cardiff's Principality Stadium and the Aviva Stadium in Dublin will all host games. St James' Park, the Etihad, Everton's new ground, which is under construction, Villa Park, the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and Wembley, which would stage the final, will be the English venues.
Given the behaviour of some England fans, who stormed Wembley ahead of the Euro 2020 final against Italy, there will be great scrutiny over how the tournament is handled.
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With stadiums requiring a minimum capacity of 30,000, Northern Ireland's current national stadium, Windsor Park, is not big enough. Therefore, plans are afoot to build a 34,000-capacity ground costing £110m at Casement Park. It would also be used for Gaelic football, other sports and concerts.
Casement Park is currently a derelict and abandoned stadium, prompting fears over both cost and timescale, with less than five years to go before the tournament. Speaking in May, Northern Ireland Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harris said he was confident the ground would be built.
"We'll get the money, don't you worry," he told the BBC. "I don't actually know how much the whole thing is going to cost. We've seen different estimates. But let's win the bid first. Once we win the bid, we'll sit down round a table and the money will get sorted out."
Meanwhile, Everton's new home at Bramley-Moore Dock is due to open in 2025 with a capacity of around 53,000.
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