Euro-2012 News Online

46 hotels in Lvov, Ivano-Frankovsk and Volyn’ region have signed agreement with UEFA official representative on accommodating UEFA delegation, football teams and fans by TUI Travel Company in 2012. The issue was discussed on Thursday at the meeting dedicated to hotel infrastructure readiness for Euro-2012 in Lvov region. The meeting was headed by Nikolay Kmitya, chairman of Lvov Regional Administration.

The contracts have been signed with operating five-, four- and three-star hotels which number 819, 1803 and 769 suites respectively.

Meanwhile UEFA standards are totally met regarding four- and three-star hotels (488 and 559 suites respectively). At present only five-star hotels have lack in 201 suites. The shortage is planned to be cut down by building new hotels and signing agreements with their owners after they’re set in operation in 2010-2011.

Earlier it was reported that Lvov had decided on the hotels which would accommodate UEFA mini-headquarters and National teams’ players who will reside in the city during Euro-2012 final.

Football match is going to be held on Tuesday at the Olimpiyskiy NSC with the teams of sportswriters and those involved in stadium reconstruction - that is Ministry of Family, Youth and Sport officials and the builders themselves.

The players will for the last time play the match at the glorious sports arena of National sports complex before its total dismantling.

After the match there will be held press-conference with Yury Pavlenko, Minister of Family, Youth and Sport, where the official’s going to share about reconstruction works progress at the Olimpiyskiy NSC.

Building and assembly jobs at Olimpiyskiy started on December 1^st, 2008 within the reconstruction framework for Euro-2012, the completion of the work is planned for December, 2010. The stadium’s previewed to be commissioned in summer, 2011 - one year before Euro-2012 final in Ukraine and Poland.

Total capacity of the renovated stadium will make 69.423 spectators, while reconstruction cost reaches 2 bln 114 mln and 726.9 thousand hryvnyas. National budget of Ukraine is financing all the reconstruction works at Olimpiyskiy.

National Sports Center of Poland together with Polish-German-Austrian syndicate signed agreement on carrying out of general construction works at the National stadium in Poland which will held open match of Europe Football Championship final in 2012.

As reports PL2012 Company responsible for coordinating Championship organization in Poland, the contract’s been signed with Polish-German-Austrian syndicate of Hydrobudowa Polska SA (Poland), PBG z Alpine Bau Deutschland AG (Germany), Alpine Bau GMBH (Austria) and Alpine Construction Polska Sp. z o.o.

On April 15^th the syndicate won the bids to construct National stadium in Poland. None of 6 companies passing to the second stage of the bids appealed against its winning.

Stadium destined for 55.000 fans, building cost of which will make about 380 mln dollars (at present it reaches 3.3 zlotys per dollar), is to be finished till May, 2011.

Well, Donetsk has minimum risk to be denied in hosting Euro-2012 comparing with other cities applicants to host Europe Football Championship 2012, claims Vladimir Logvinenko, chairman of Donetsk Regional and State Administration, at the press conference held in Donetsk on Wednesday.

Any affair is risky including our project, which is also risk-taking. Anyway, everything that we’ve created during these years and the experience gained reaches by my estimates the lowest risk among all the host-cities, highlights Mr. Logvinenko.

According to V. Logvinenko the region has two obstacles, which lead to falling behind in organization of Euro-2012. These are hotels and the airport, the last still having no investor for updating airport facility.

Meanwhile the governor underlined that the lack of sufficient amount of hotel suites in Donetsk is solved thanks to other cities like Maryupol, Makeyevka, Gorlovka and so on.

Besides, there’s agreement signed with Zaporozhye region to assist with fans and tourists’ accommodation in five and four-star hotels.

On May 8^th UEFA’s going to define four cities in Ukraine to host Europe Football Championship final 2012.

Earlier it was reported that Donetsk is provided with only 6 % of five-star and 20 % of four-star suites of the amount satisfying to UEFA standards.

Polish mass media claim that Michel Platini plots awakener for Ukraine. Donetsk, Kharkov and Dnepropetrovsk are denied to hold Europe Football Championship final 2012, as announced STB channel with reference to Polish mass media.

According to STB, information’s spread in football world that 4 Ukrainian cities are spending in vain their money for Euro-2012. Even though official decision on host-cities of Euro-2012 has to be made public on May 13^th in Bucharest at the UEFA session, allegedly it’s already been decided on.

Out of 6 Ukrainian cities only 2 will host Europe Championship. Polish mass media reports that UEFA’s made decision to deny Dnepropetrovsk, Kharkov and Donetsk. Kiev and Odessa are left in the list and Lvov’s up in the air yet. This means Michel Platini doesn’t believe that within the next three years highways will be built connecting Ukrainian cities, railway will start functioning and as a result fans will want to go to the Eastern Ukraine, that is Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk and Donetsk.

As to Kiev and Odessa, these cities have no problems with the hotels and have perfect traffic connection.