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Fan zone in Leipzig temporarily closed

Leipzig 18. June 2024 17:54 Uhr 1 min
Fan zone in Leipzig temporarily closed
View of the Leipzig stadium, also known as the Red Bull Arena, and the bell tower before the European Football Championship / Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa
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The European Championship fan zone in Leipzig has been temporarily closed due to an expected thunderstorm. "The fan zone is being cleared. People are now all going down very calmly," a spokeswoman for the fan zone on Leipzig's Augustusplatz announced on Tuesday. However, if the weather improves again, the organizers want to ramp up the technology again.

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The match between Portugal and the Czech Republic will kick off in Leipzig in the evening (21:00). Several tens of thousands of people had recently gathered in the fan zone in the city center.

The German Weather Service warned of severe thunderstorms with hail and heavy squalls for Saxony in the early evening. However, it was not initially clear exactly when the storm would reach Saxony and whether it would also hit Leipzig. "Safe places are City Tunnel Stations, Leipzig Central Station and passages," the Leipzig organizers announced via X.

In Berlin, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Dortmund and Gelsenkirchen, public fan and public viewing areas were closed on Tuesday due to possible storms.

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