DutchNews.nl, May 17,
2015
The Netherlands has been awarded
the contract to host the 2019 European Games, despite a number of financial
concerns.
The Netherlands was the only country to bid to stage the games, which
are a new event in the international sports calendar and will be held every
four years. The first edition takes place in Baku next month.
The Dutch Olympic
and national athletics committee NOC*NSF will now press ahead with trying to
sort out the finances in the next few weeks.
The organisation of the 2019 games
has a price tag of €125m which the sports body hopes to raise from national,
local and provincial government as well as commercial sponsorship.
A number of
sports associations are known to be concerned about the finances and have
criticised the government for not coming forward with a substantial part of the
budget. Rotterdam and Utrecht have also pulled out of the organising process
because of the costs.
The sports ministry has said it will take a decision on
whether or not to support the event by the end of June.
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