Economists celebrate the UEFA announcement

"We have five years of growth ahead of us, while Euro 2012 can make this period even longer," said Finance Minister Zyta Gilowska at a special press conference. Euphoria also touched bourse investors and following the decision indices went up like crazy as well as prices of shares of construction companies, which will benefit most during the construction of facilities for the championships. Over the coming years Poland should construct almost 900 km of highways, repair 1,000 km of track and eight airports. Three new stadiums will be built from scratch, while the other three will be repaired at a total cost of EUR 2.5 billion. Expenditures will for sure see a decent return, as experts stress that no country has ever lost out hosting the championship. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A5) M.M.