These are the possible locations for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 – Songfestival.be

The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 is behind us, Eurovision circle You can start again. The Swiss broadcaster SSR SRG has already begun meetings to organize the next edition of the competition. We've taken a look at the possible locations for the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest and the dates on which the contest could be held.

Simply state the criteria that the EBU organizer looks at to award the organization to a particular city. This is how the arena where almost all shows take place should be 10,000 spectators It can receive and there must be room for one person A press center for 1,500 journalists To decorate. Also airport Proximity is a requirement and in the host city it is a must Hotel accommodation For no less than 2,000 delegations, journalists and spectators.

Bern

For example, it is located in Bern Post-finance arena That saves space About 17,000 spectators. Although construction dates back to 1967, the question is whether the arena still meets the standards for staging the modern Eurovision Song Contest.

There is almost no problem regarding hotel beds in the Bern area 509 accommodations With an average of 60 beds per accommodation. However, Bern Airport is one Regional airport. The nearest international airport is Basel. This brings us immediately to the next potential host city.

Basil

Basel also has a large arena St. Jacobshall For about 12,400 spectators. The arena dates back to 1967, although concerts are also held there. There is also an international airport, although not in Basel itself. The airport is called EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg and is located near Mulhouse, France Three countries point Between Germany, France and Switzerland.

Basel has approx 114 hotels An average of 90 beds per residence. There are enough of them and there are also two other big cities nearby. Fans can, as happened in the Copenhagen-Malmo match, stay in a neighboring city.

Zurich

Zurich has the second largest concert hall in the country Hallenstadion (13,000 spectators), although there is also space for 12,000 people Swiss Life Square. It is not built until 2022. Zurich Airport is located in Kloten, in the canton of Zurich. Zurich has the same average number of beds per accommodation as Basel, for a total of approx 326 housing.

Lausanne

In Lausanne, host city of the 1989 Eurovision Song Contest, there Place Vaudoise for around 10,000 spectators, although this is always slightly lower with the large Eurovision stage and green room in the hall. Lausanne Airport is a regional airport. The nearest international airport is Airport Geneva, about 60 km. The Vaud region where Lausanne is located has approx 247 housing With an average of 70 beds per stay.

Geneva

Then there is Geneva, where the Eurovision Song Contest organizer is headquartered European Broadcasting Union He is. As a yard there Geneva Arena (9,500 spectators), it is part of the larger Palexpo complex, which is a conference centre. It is located in the city approx 102 accommodationwith an average of just under 140 beds per accommodation.

date

When can the 2025 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest be held? There are four weeks in May 2025 that seem eligible. Corpses, because on the last Saturday of the month, May 31, there is the final Champions League.

A week ago there is the final match German Football Cup, one of the big five countries, so it also appears to be declining this week. There will be another semi-final in the week of May 6 European League. Other major events are not on the international calendar at the moment. There are two public holidays in Switzerland in May, although this should not be a problem, as the second semi-final also falls on a public holiday in Sweden.

remains: May 13, 15 and 17. We would like to know the location and date September Obtain.