The UEFA European Football championship will kick-off in summer 2008, with the first game taking place on 7 June 2008 at Basle's St Jakob Park, Switzerland. The stadium, which opened in 2001 with a capacity of 33,433, will be boosted to 42,500 by the time Euro 2008 comes around. Austria and Switzerland will co-host 31 matches in eight cities. Basle, Berne, Geneva, and Zurich are Switzerland's four venues and Vienna, Innsbruck, Klagenfurt, and Salzburg in Austria. The final will be held at the Ernst Happel Stadion in Vienna on 29 June 2008.
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