Liverpool City Council reveals how much it will pay towards the cost of staging Eurovision.
Liverpool City Council will contribute £2m to the cost of staging the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest in the city, it has been confirmed.
The musical extravaganza at the M&S Bank Arena is expected to attract hundreds of thousands of people.The £2m of funding from the city council is capped and 70% will be from earmarked reserves for Covid-19 sector recovery as well as contributions from the city's culture budget, theA total of £250,000 will be allocated this year, with a further £450,000 identified from next year's pot.
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