Eurostadium

Eurostadium was a proposed stadium in Grimbergen, Belgium, just north of Brussels. It would have had a capacity of 62,613.[1] In June 2015, the building deadline was set for 2019.[2] It would have hosted matches for UEFA Euro 2020,[3] and would have become the home ground of the national football team of Belgium.[4]

Eurostadium
Full nameEurostadium
LocationGrimbergen, Belgium
Capacity62,613
Construction
BuiltCancelled in January 2018
Tenants
Belgium national football team

The initial plans intended for it to be the home ground of RSC Anderlecht as well, but they withdrew from the project in an early stage.[2] In contrast to the current stadium at the Heysel Plateau, the King Baudouin Stadium, it would no longer contain an athletics track.[5]

History

In March 2015, the City of Brussels council chose the Ghelamco/BAM Consortium as best candidate to finance, build and exploit the stadium.[6] During the years that followed however, the project was plagued by numerous political delays.[7][8] Anderlecht eventually pulled out of the project in February 2017.[9]

Because of the delays, concerns rose that the stadium would not be built in time for Euro 2020, or even at all.[10] On 7 December 2017, the UEFA Executive Committee decided, due to these delays and the uncertainty the stadium would be completed in time, to remove Brussels as a host city for Euro 2020. The games scheduled to be held there were instead awarded to Wembley Stadium in London.[11]

On 30 January 2018, Flemish Minister Joke Schauvliege rejected the application from Ghelamco for an environmental permit, and as a result, the project was cancelled.[12]

See also

References
  1. "Eurostadium design submitted in UEFA bid". ARUP. 25 April 2014. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  2. mvd; lej (20 Jun 2015). "Anderlecht speelt vanaf 2019 in nieuw stadion". De Standaard (in Dutch).
  3. "UEFA EURO 2020 hosts to be revealed in Geneva". UEFA.com. 14 August 2014.
  4. Sels, Geert (25 May 2013). "Koning Boudewijnstadion wordt afgebroken". De Standaard (in Dutch).
  5. Verschueren, Rogier (2 Dec 2013). "Nationaal stadion zonder atletiekpiste op Heizel". De Standaard (in Dutch).
  6. "Stad Brussel: "Ghelamco/BAM krijgt voorkeur voor bouw Eurostadion"" (in Dutch). Sporza. 19 Mar 2015. Retrieved 19 Mar 2015.
  7. "'Doodsteek dreigt voor Eurostadion'". De Tijd (in Dutch). 29 Apr 2016.
  8. "En nóg een mokerslag voor Eurostadion: verkeerde rechter en opnieuw extra vertraging" (in Dutch). Voetbalkrant.com. 6 May 2016.
  9. "Anderlecht stapt uit Eurostadion-project". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). 17 Feb 2017.
  10. Jef Poppelmonde (28 Mar 2017). "'Definitieve doodsteek voor het Eurostadion'". De Standaard (in Dutch).
  11. "Euro 2020: Wembley to host seven matches after Brussels loses right to host games". 7 December 2017 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  12. Bradshaw, Lisa (30 January 2018). "No environmental permit for Eurostadium". Flanders Today. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
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