The decision to award this Euro to Portugal was taken in Aachen, Germany, in October 11 1999. There were three bids, Portugal, Spain and a joint Austria-Hungary bid. The three bids logos:
Six stadiums were built from scratch to this tournment, four were refurbished, choose your favourite
Dragon Stadium – 50 476 – Porto – 98 000 000
Luz Stadium – 65 000 – Lisbon – 150 000 000
Alvalade Stadium – 50 076 – Lisbon – 105 000 000
Algarve Stadium – 30 305 – Faro/Loulé – 30 000 000
Magalhães Pessoa Stadium – 30 000 – Leiria – 20 200 000
City of Coimbra Stadium – Coimbra – 30 210 – Coimbra – ?????
Municipal de Aveiro Stadium – Aveiro – 30 127 – 62 000 000
Bessa Stadium – Porto – 30 000 – 31 000 000
D. Afonso Henriques – Guimarães – 30 165 – 30 000 000
Axa Stadium – Braga – 30 154 – 81 000 000
