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2015

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  13.05.2015 New stadium: Azerbaijan’s giant a month from opening

  June 12 will see the first continental games kick off in the “Land of Fire”. Not the Olympic games, but it’s expected to be impressive either way. And this stadium proves it well.

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  11.05.2015 Baku: First test passed by Olympic Stadium

  New national stadium of Azerbaijan successfully went through its very first test event. In a 7-hour exercise 15,000 volunteers used both the building and transport network around it.

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  09.03.2015 Azerbaijan: Olympic Stadium handed over by contractor

  Just as planned, in early March the new national stadium of Azerbaijan was handed over by Tekfen İnşaat. Now the building awaits the 2015 European Games and Euro 2020.

2014

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  19.09.2014 Euro 2020: UEFA’s safe choice of hosts

  There’s hardly any surprise in the list of 13 host cities. Sure, Saint Petersburg is included despite Russia’s aggression. Sure, Stockholm is out and Baku has quarterfinals, but that wasn’t hard to predict.

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  10.09.2014 Euro 2020: All 19 bids evaluated by UEFA

  It seems Wembley may prepare the champagne for next Friday. Russia and Israel are in a disturbing political situation, while Macedonia, Bulgaria and Belarus are the underdogs unlikely to get a piece of Euro 2020.

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  26.04.2014 Euro 2020: Complete list of 19 bidding stadiums

  Despite over 30 countries expressing interest initially, the final bidding list is short and will see only 6 bids rejected. Which will it be? Here are all stadiums submitted as candidates.

2013

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  30.09.2013 Euro 2020: All you need to know about interested countries

  Or, in other words, all we were able to find digging a lot deeper than just the brief info released by UEFA. It took us a while, but this is – according to our knowledge – the most comprehensive analysis of Euro 2020 potential bids.

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  27.09.2013 Baku: Olympic Stadium ahead of schedule

  Largest in the region, host venue of 2015 European Games and maybe a Euro 2020 host as well – the biggest sports project in Baku is growing amazingly fast. With 70,000 capacity it may be delivered in less than two years.

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  26.08.2013 Baku: Olympic Stadium on schedule

  The largest arena of Azerbaijan will be ready by the end of February 2015, according to project officials. Earthwork is 90% done as well as foundation piling, while the stands are growing constantly.

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  13.04.2013 New construction: Baku Olympic Stadium

  Large Olympic Stadium is being built in a place which two years ago was deprived of any life at all. Vast territory adjacent giant lake were covered with faecal waters. Now we're two years from seeing it transformed into a large leisure hub.

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  28.02.2013 Baku: Major changes to the Olympic Stadium

  Construction just got over twice as costly as was expected to be, stands may grow some more, while the whole stadium will look… completely different than envisaged. Here’s what we can confirm about Central Asia’s showpiece venue in the making.

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  16.02.2013 Azerbaijan: Olympic Stadium, but at whose cost?

  Baku will be the first ever host of European Olympic Games. Construction of a new 65,000-seater Olympic Stadium is under way, but residents around it don’t know what will happen to them. Their homes are marked for demolition without any details as to when.