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Wednesday, July 8, 2015

It should be obvious that Stockholm has Eurovision “- Swedish Dagbladet

Mans Zelmerlöw won the ESC in 2015. Photo: Jessica Gow / TT / TT news agency

It was not long ago Eurovision Song Contest was held on Swedish soil, in Malmö in 2013. Now it is clear that Stockholm will host the races again, for the third time in succession. 1975 occurred after Abbas won with “Waterloo” and the last was in 2000, after Charlotte Perelli segerlåt Take Me To Your Heaven.

– It feels great, Stockholm has the capacity to organize large events and it feels obvious, says Mayor of Karin Wanngård (S).

Stockholm bid on an arrangement across the Globe area won a fight between several cities. Gothenburg, Malmö, Linköping, Sandviken has been in the talking, although Malmo withdrew its application.

– It is important that it is located in Stockholm, in that we produce music, and many are involved in the . It applies throughout Sweden, but we have very good conditions here with the Globe and stadiums in the area. It is clearly important, says Karin Wanngård.

Karin Wanngård. Photo: Yvonne Åsell / Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet

Both Wanngård (S) as opposition Vice Mayor Anna König Jerlmyr (M) has been agreed on the value of hosting the Stockholm. How much the event will cost the city is not yet known.

– It is clear that an arrangement costs money, it is nothing strange. But by and large favors the hospitality industry, hotels, restaurants. Now we go ahead and working to get businesses and municipalities around Stockholm engaged. My hope is that the whole region catches on.

After the final announcement said Finance Commissioner that the work can begin and that “every detail to be processed.”

– One important thing is that we ” strajpar “throughout the city, so that it can be seen that we have Eurovision in May 2016. And it will permeate activities throughout the city.

The semi-finals and finals will be held in the Globe. Adjacent, larger and relatively newly built Tele2 Arena will no competitive element, but according to executive producer Martin Österdahl play any kind of role in the big picture. Likewise, the smaller neighbors hands Hovet and Annexet.

– The solution with multiple arenas enables us to produce the Eurovision Song Contest in the Globe, have the press center at the Royal Court and the Delegation area in the annexe. The crowning is the ability to do the Eurovision Song Contest even more powerful during the final evening by incorporating Tele2 Arena in the event, he says in a press release according to the Swedish Television.

Which stadium that will be the main venue has been up to SVT. Earlier information claimed that both the Friends Arena in Solna and Tele2 Arena were busy with football matches and, therefore, were not options. Gothenburg would for that reason have emerged as favorites, but the choice then fell at last on Stockholm.