In Ukraine there is no arena for Eurovision, minister says
Ukraine Minister of Culture Yevhen Nyshchuk has announced about the absence in Ukraine of the arena that would have the capacity to host the Eurovision song contest in 2017, TASS agency reports.
“The arena we have does not correspond to the requirements of hosting large number of people”, stated Minister of Culture on air of the Ukrainian 5th channel.
Nyshchuk next informed that one possible venue to host the song contest is the Olympic Stadium in Kiev, while the latter would lack a space for the necessary equipment to be deployed.
To remind, Ukrainian singer Jamala had won in the Eurovision-2016, held in Stockholm May 14. According to the rules of the song contest, the winner state is to host the next competition.
Earlier, Mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko, Odesa Mayor Hennadiy Truhanov, and Dnipro Mayor Boris Filatov have all expressed readiness to hold the contest competition in their cities.