Poland wants to set a new deadline for the construction of their Euro 2012 stadiums, Sports Minister Elzbieta Jakubiak said on Monday.
Since Poland won the right in April to co-host the event with Ukraine, early euphoria has been replaced by growing concerns it may not prepare new grounds and upgrade inadequate infrastructure in time.
European soccer's governing body UEFA says the tournament co-hosts must build the necessary stadiums by mid-2010.
The surprising choice of Poland and Ukraine as co-hosts ahead of Italy was originally touted by the Polish government as an opportunity to put the country on the international soccer map.
"Beside the announcement, nothing has been done so far," said Zbigniew Chlebowski, deputy head of the parliamentary finance committee and a member of the opposition Civic Platform party.
"There are also no ideas where to get the money from to finance the huge projects."
Poland is estimated to need about three billion zlotys (1.09 billion US dollar) to build or restructure four main Euro 2012 stadiums.
Source: Xinhua
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