7th February 2012
Monday, May 21st, 2012
Euro 2012 may attract far fewer fans than expected
Just 200,000 foreign fans could come to Poland, a new government report says
| The National Stadium in Warsaw Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons |
The number of foreign soccer fans traveling to Poland for Euro 2012 could be much lower than initially forecast, according to a new report from the country's Ministry of Sport and Tourism.
It was expected that between 470,000-710,000 soccer fans would come to Poland during Euro 2012, but new research suggests there could be as few as 200,000, reported Puls Biznesu.
“We have to downgrade the number of soccer fans we expect,” said Dariusz Łapiński from organizing body PL.2012.
According to the most recent calculations, for games involving the Czech Republic, Russia, Croatia and Ireland, between 10,000-12,000 fans from each country are expected to attend.
The lowest number of fans are expected to come from Italy, Spain and Greece, with only 5,000 fans predicted to travel for each of their respective countries' group matches.
Three teams with some of the traditionally biggest traveling support – England, the Netherlands and Germany – will each play all three of their group matches in Ukraine.
From Warsaw Business Journal
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