NI is due to host five matches at Casement Park in Belfast - but the stadium's future is uncertain.
Hosting Euro 2028 games in Northern Ireland could be worth more than £106m to the local economy, according to a new analysis.Northern Ireland isremains derelict and redevelopment work has yet to begin.
Northern Ireland's Economy Minister Deirdre Hargey said the potential financial windfall from the Euros demonstrates an “urgent” need to find the money to redevelop the stadium. The report said the economic impact of the whole tournament, all 51 games across the UK and Ireland, is calculated at £2.6bn.It also said the stadium has the potential to create a further economic boost worth tens of millions of pounds each year through the hosting of sporting fixtures and concerts.The Grant Thornton analysis said it takes a more “prudent view” on the potential economic boost from hosting five games at a newly developed Casement Park.
“We want and need to see progress, now, on the long-standing commitments given to deliver Casement Park," he added.On Thursday night, a Westminster spokesperson could not provide BBC News NI with any information on how much money the UK government is willing to contribute towards the build. Northern Ireland is due to host five games in the football championships at Casement Park in west BelfastIt has also emerged that Ulster GAA and the Irish FA wrote to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at the weekend.
"It would be a devastating blow to both the Irish FA and GAA, as well as Northern Ireland as a whole, if the opportunity to host this flagship international tournament simply, ‘times out’.""The focus now has to be on the British Government – they need to put the money on the table," she said.
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