The EBU have announced today that 17 cities and regions have expressed an interest in hosting Eurovision 2022, 31 years after the last Italian contest was hosted in Rome.
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The cities and regions include:
- Acireale (Catania)
- Alessandria
- Bertinoro di Romagna (Forlรฌ โ Cesena)
- Bologna
- Florence
- Genoa
- Jesolo (Venice)
- Matera
- Milan
- Palazzolo Acreide (Syracuse)
- Pesaro
- Rimini
- Rome
- Sanremo (Imperia)
- Turin
- Trieste
- Viterbo
Hosting Requirements
The host city will have to meet the stringent requirements set by the EBU and RAI, the Italian host broadcaster.
The host city must have:
- an international airport within 90 minutes from the city.
- over 2,000 hotel rooms or other accomodation in the area.
- a large-scale venue capable of hosting an international event.
The potential venue must also:
- be indoors with air-conditioning
- have a capacity of at least 8,000-10,000 during the event (accounting the space that the stage, tech, green room, etc. will need).
- have easy access to the main hall to accommodate additional production needs.
- contain space for areas such as the press centre, dressing rooms, hospitality, staff facilities, etc.
- be exclusively available for nine weeks (six weeks for set-up, two weeks for the shows, and one week for take-down).
What’s next?
On Wednesday 14th July 2021, each city will receive a big book from RAI. They will have until 4th August 2021 to make their case as to how they can meet the requirements set out above.
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