Rome. A day after rejecting Rome’s bid for the Summer Olympics in 2024, Mayor Virginia Raggi says the city is “honoured” to host matches for the 2020 Uefa European Championship.
Rome’s Stadio Olimpico is slated to host three group matches and a quarter final for the 2020 tournament, which will be spread across the continent for the first time with 13 cities hosting matches.
Raggi says, “We’re honoured that Rome will host such an important sports event.”
Before announcing her opposition to Rome’s Olympic bid on Wednesday, Raggi didn’t show up for a scheduled meeting with Italian Olympic Committee president Giovanni Malago. However, the pair crossed paths at Thursday’s Euro 2020 presentation, with Malago kissing the mayor’s hand when they met.
The other 2020 hosts are London” Munich, Germany” St. Petersburg, Russia” Dublin” Glasgow” Copenhagen, Denmark” Bucharest, Romania” Amsterdam” Bilbao, Spain” Budapest, Hungary” and Brussels.
