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UEFA EURO 2012 in Poland

Adriana Bronikowska27 February 2008, Polish-Italian Business Forum EURO 2012

Opportunities for the construction sector related to the UEFA EURO 2012 Football Finals

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• 4 Host Cities: Gdańsk, Poznań, Warsaw and Wrocław

• 2 Cities in reserve: Chorzów, Cracow

• kick-off: 9 June 2012 in Warsaw

• 51 months for delivery of the necessary infrastructure: sport, transport and accommodation

• hundreds of millions of EUR for construction sector

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Introduction

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• 3 new stadiums:Gdańsk, Warsaw, Wrocław

• 3 stadiums to be modernised:Chorzów, Cracow, Poznań

• At least 16 new training and accommodation centres for the national teams participating in the UEFA EURO 2012 finals

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Sports infrastructure

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City Capacity (gross)

Date of completion

Budget (EUR mln)

Current state

NATIONAL STADIUM

55,000 2011 350 Architects – JSK Architekci10/11 2008 – planned tender for execution of construction works

BALTIC ARENA 44,000 2011 176Architects - RKW Rhode Kellerman

Wawrowsky and HPP Hentrich-Petschnigg & Partner

CITY STADIUM IN POZNAŃ

55,000 2010 115 The construction works have been already started

STADIUM IN WROCŁAW

44,000 2011 130 Architects – JSK Architekci06.2008 – tender for execution of construction works

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Stadiums

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• There is a need for at least 16 Training Centres with accommodation infrastructure

• Currently one centre (Grodzisk Wielkopolski) meets UEFA requirements

• The Ministry of Sport will organize the selection process of the new training centres

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Training Centres

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• expansion of express roads and highways network

• A1 Stryków–Pyrzowice and A2 Stryków Konotopa sections – PPP

• local transport infrastructure in the Host Cities

• majority of the investments financed from public funds (including EU funds)

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Transport infrastructure (1/2)

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City Current capacity Requirement Planned capacity

Budget(EUR mln)

Warsaw 22,200 16,700 (30,000) 44,500 (including Modlin)

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Gdańsk 5,050 13,300 (24,000) 13,700 95.5

Poznań 4,100 16,700 (30,000) In the process of being determined

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Cracow 14,000 10,000 (18,000) 25,000 207.9

Katowice 9,900 15,000 (27,000) 25,000 125.5

Wrocław 2,200 13,300 (24,000) 8,800 201.5

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Transport infrastructure (2/2)

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• in principle all the Host Cities in Poland meet the UEFA requirements in regard to the number of places in 4 and 5 star hotels

• investment project:– Hilton – 11 hotels before 2012– IHG – 15 hotels until 2017– Orbis/Accor – 50 Etap hotels

before 2012– Warimpex – 10 Louvre hotels

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Hotel infrastructure (1/2)

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City 4and 5 star Hotels(number of rooms)

Planned before 2011 UEFA requirements

Warsaw 4,867 302 2,021

Gdańsk 636 480 1,361

Poznań 923 460 1,098

Cracow 2,219 364 1,098

Chorzów 634 390 1,098

Wrocław 1,342 1,310 1,098

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Hotel infrastructure (2/2)

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The Act on Preparation of the Final Tournament of the UEFA European Football Championship EURO 2012 of 7 September 2007:

• in particular, it determines the conditions of execution of undertakings connected with planning, construction, alteration or renovation of stadiums and other development objects, necessary to organise the tournament (the ”EURO 2012 Undertakings”)

• the specification of the EURO 2012 Undertakings will be determined in the appropriate directive of the Council of Ministers

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Legal issues (1/3)

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• special purpose companies:– State Treasury or municipal Companies– exclusively for carrying out

the EURO 2012 Undertakings

– scope of activity – preparation, execution, coordination and supervising of the EURO 2012 Undertakings

– the tasks are assigned to the Company on the basis of an agreement between the Company and the Local Government Unit, State-owned company

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Legal issues (2/3)

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• facilitation of the construction process:

– simplified procedure to obtain decisions on location of the EURO 2012 Undertakings

– property purchase (simplified expropriation procedure)

– administrative proceedings (shortened deadlines, immediate execution)

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Legal issues (3/3)

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