Current status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Kaukab Stewart on 2 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on work to co-host EURO 2028.
Scotland will co-host EURO 2028 as part of a joint UK and Ireland Championship. The event is expected to take place in Summer 2028 and last around four weeks.
We are working closely with a range of partners, including the UK Government, Welsh Government, Northern Ireland Executive and Irish Government, to deliver EURO 2028.
Some mega sporting events require specific legal protections. For EURO 2028, UEFA has requirements to protect its own and event sponsors’ and licensees’ commercial rights during the event. It also usually requires restrictions on ticket touting. The Scottish Government has today launched a survey at http://www.gov.scot/ISBN/9781836012108 seeking views from anyone with an interest in EURO 2028 commercial rights protection.
UEFA’s requirements for EURO 2028 are not yet confirmed. The proposals set out in the consultation are based on government guarantees made to UEFA when bidding for EURO 2028, and experience from EURO 2020 when Scotland was one of eleven host nations. That event was postponed to 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
For EURO 2028, it is likely UEFA will require protections, including relevant criminal offences and enforcement powers, around:
The survey seeks views on:
The survey will be open for 12 weeks, from 2 May 2024 to 26 July 2024.