In Great Britain, the Eurovision Song Contest can bring 30 million pounds to the economy of the city of Liverpool, writes PA Media/dpa, cited by Agerpres.

The 2023 host city was announced on Friday night and by Saturday morning hotels were already booked, with some rooms being advertised for more than £4,000 a night.

Liverpool’s director of culture Claire McColgan said she believed the expected economic impact of €30 million for Liverpool, where visitors contribute 47% of the economy, had been underestimated.

“Things are pretty bleak, so having that light at the end of the tunnel when you know the city is going to be full of people, maybe a month before Eurovision, would help you move on if you were a small business,” she said. said

“That’s one of the reasons why we decided to do this, because we wanted to protect and stabilize this sector, which has been affected by COVID and will now be affected by the crisis of the cost of living and the future. These are both jobs and people’s lives,” the official added.

The competition will be financed by the funds of local and national authorities, as well as broadcasters.

Bill Eddy, chief executive of Liverpool Business Improvement District (BID), said many people in the city woke up with a hangover on Saturday after celebrating the news.

“This moment is the awakening of consciousness, now the hard work begins. It’s been hard work preparing this bid to convince the BBC and the European Broadcasting Union that Liverpool is the right place,” Addy said.

“The team has done it, now we have to achieve results,” he added, assuring that this is a significant investment in the medium and long term and that it is about providing jobs, about providing opportunities for the whole city.

Ukraine’s 2023 Eurovision Song Contest will be held in Great Britain

The Eurovision Song Contest in 2023 will be held in Great Britain from Ukraine due to the war started by Russia. The event will be held at the Liverpool Arena and will consist of two semi-finals, on 9 and 11 May, with the final taking place on 13 May 2023.

Great Britain, which has hosted Eurovision eight times, has not hosted the European music competition since 1998, when the show was held in Birmingham, a city in central England.

After the first place at the competition organized in Turin in May of this year, in June Ukraine was withdrawn by the European Radio and Television Union (EBU) the right to hold the 67th Eurovision Song Contest due to non-compliance with security conditions. Ukraine after this country was captured by Russia on February 24.

On July 25, the EBU and the UK government announced an agreement with the BBC to host the competition next year in Great Britain, the country that came second in the 2022 ranking behind Ukraine, which won with the Kalush Orchestra. At that time, 20 British cities took part in the competition for Eurovision 2023 from Ukraine.

Recognized by UNESCO as a City of Music in 2015, Liverpool is synonymous with the history of The Beatles and has a rich music scene. In 2008, Liverpool hosted the MTV Europe Music Awards and is also home to a prestigious orchestra, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.

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