Wembley Favourite for 2011 Final
By: Rob | January 23rd, 2009
Next week, UEFA will announce which Stadia will hold the 2011 final. According to a UEFA source it will “Almost certainly” go to Wembley. You might recall that Wembley was in the running for the 2010 final, but certain UK tax laws ensured that it would be held in Madrid instead.
In fact, the announcement for this should already have come, but apparently UEFA are giving the British Government a bit more time so that they can change the law.
Lansdowne Road in Ireland is likely to be the venue for the ffreshly rebranded Europa League (UEFA Cup).
Typically, the main competition for the Final comes from Germany, Munich’s Allianz Arena or Berlin’s Olympiastadion, both of which were used during the 2006 World Cup, the event for which Wembley was built, back when England were fighting the Germans for the right to hold that World Cup.
It would be then, a sweet success for Wembley to get the final.
But they have to change those tax laws first. Crazily, the current laws state that because the players appearing in the final would earn their wage in this country, the government would be entitled to a chunk. UEFA is asking for an exemption on Sporting Events.
The prestige of holding the Champions League final, with the added factor of the extra revenue having tourists in if the match contains non-English teams – or indeed the TV revenues if it does, would more than make up for it I imagine.
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