“We anticipate an average attendance of 50,000 per match, which would generate roughly twice as much revenues as Euro 2008 did,” Thiriez said, adding that UEFA posted net profits of €250 million with the event hosted by Austria and Switzerland.
Last week UEFA finished its inspection visits to the three bidding countries – Turkey, Italy and France – with a reception by French president Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris.
According to France’s bid book, the €1.7 billion investment in stadia will be mostly funded by the private sector, with local and national government contributing 33 to 41 per cent of the amount.
