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Basel and Geneva had the strongest bid for Eurovision 2025, according to the EBU (European Brodcasting Union) and SRG SSR (the Swiss Public Brodcaster). The final announcement regarding the host city for the next Eurovision Song Contest is expected to be done later on August.

About Basel

Basel is a city located near the borders of France and Germany. Why is this important? Because 🇨🇭 Switzerland is very expensive, so staying in Germany or France could be an option, because it’s just like this year with Malmö (🇸🇪 Sweden) and Copenhagen (🇩🇰 Denmark) when lots of Eurovision fans, journalists and delegations decided to stay in Copenhagen.

About the arena

The arena is called St. Jakobshalle and is located in Münchenstein. The major problem is the roof, it needs to be reconstructed.

The capacity will be around 8k of seats, so it’s not enough according to EBU criterias. Will this be the major problem? Maybe. EBU needs at least 10k seats for fans which was already not enough for all the fans that wish to go to the contest. The arena can host the press room with around 2k journalists, so its enough spate for this.

You can visit the arena virtually here: ST JAKOBSHALLE VR

The infrasturcture is not enough for what EBU needs, the arena is small, the accomodation is not enough, so basically Basel is not a good choice for them and for Eurovision Song Contest 2025. Will EBU choose this? Probably. Why? Cause they have the experience with Malmö Arena and they are ready to use this at their maximum potential.

You can watch a video with testimonials from Basel and region.