An evaluation report by UEFA warned awarding Turkey Euro 2024 "has risks," according to the BBC. Turkey and Germany are "in the running to stage the tournament," which will return to a single-host format after Euro 2020 is held across Europe. A UEFA report stated Turkey's "lack of an action plan in the area of human rights and limited hotel capacity in many cities are matters "of concern." It also labeled the scale of transport infrastructure work required "a risk." UEFA will announce the Euro 2024 host on Thursday. According to UEFA's report, Turkey's bid is based on bringing people together by promoting an intercultural dialogue "thanks to its location between three continents." Germany is one of 12 countries being used for Euro 2020, but its motivation to host the tournament in '24 includes "creating a bridge between elite and grassroots football." Turkey is proposing to use 10 venues, with the largest being the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul. That would be rebuilt before Euro 2024 to provide a capacity of 85,718. According to the report, the aggregate capacity for 51 matches in Turkey will be about 2,490,000, compared to 2,780,000 in Germany. None of Germany's 10 proposed venues -- Berlin, Cologne, Dortmund, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Gelsenkirchen, Hamburg, Leipzig, Munich and Stuttgart -- would require any work (BBC, 9/21).
