Arena Lviv
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- Karpaty Lviv
- 2012 European Football Championship
The Lviv Arena is a football stadium in the Ukrainian city of Lviv (Ukrainian Львів, Lviv ). The stadium was the venue for three group matches of the European Football Championship 2012, including joined the German national football team there twice. It is also the venue of Karpaty Lviv of the Premjer - Liha.
History
Construction began in November 2008. The stadium has a capacity of 34 915 seats. The construction contract was awarded the German Hochtief Construction. The grand opening of the unfinished stadium took place on October 29, 2011. The EM venue had to be opened before the end of the works, because according to UEFA's stadium must go into operation at least six months before the first official game.
From the initially estimated cost of 70 million euros, a sum of about 220 million euros, which will be largely met from public funds developed in the end. The cost increase is seen as an indication that in numerous construction projects of EURO 2012 in Ukraine parts of the investment amounts were not used for the construction and instead seeped in the corporate network of the contractor. The construction costs of a comparable in construction and equipment stadium should be loud sueddeutsche.de is only one- third of the cost of EM- Arena in Lviv.
The venue was opened in Lviv as the last of the Ukrainian stages of EM. The inaugural match was played on 15 November 2011 between the national teams of Ukraine and Austria. It ended with a 2-1 victory for the hosts. According to press reports, the stadium is hardly used by the EM and would cost two million euro a year maintenance.
Location
The stadium is located near the bus station ( Awtowoksal ) and the horse racetrack ( Ipodrom ), at the Striyska and M 06, about 10 km south of the old town.
2012 European Football Championship
During the European Championship three group stage matches took place in Lviv.
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Construction