Hosting tournament matches let people across the world see Sheffield, a councillor says.
Thousands of fans gathered in Sheffield for specially organised stage shows before the Euro 22 matches
Councillor Martin Smith said the cash boost gave "eight million reasons" to those questioning staging the games.A study commissioned by The FA, Uefa and UK Sport to measure the impact of the tournament showed that as well as Sheffield benefiting from a multi-million pound boost to the local economy, the competition also generated £81m across cities nationally.ahead of England's sold-out Euro 2022 semi-final, according to Sheffield Business Improvement District.
Mr Smith said the city had helped to "excite and inspire" world-class sporting events held in local stadiums.
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