Despite concerns it would not be ready in time, the stadium was officially opened on Saturday. Ukraine will co-host the Euro 2012 championship with Poland.
President Viktor Yanukovich said at the opening that its timely completion “showed the world it can do business with Ukraine” while Markiyan Lubkivsky, head of local organizational committee, said work would now begin to analyze services and logistics.
“Now, the operations component becomes key — the work of services needed for the Euro 2012 championship,” the news service quoted him as saying.
Ukraine will play the Germans on Nov. 11 at the arena.
Kiev, Donetsk, Lviv and Kharkiv are staging matches in Ukraine, with Wroclaw, Poznan, Gdansk and Warsaw, where the opening game takes place, the hosting cities in Poland.
The draw for the finals takes place in Kiev on Dec. 2.
