This Morning National Broadcaster of Sweden SVT announced that Stockholm will be the host city of the 61^st Eurovision Song Contest at the 10^th, 12^th and 14^th of May in Globe Arena.

    The area is very famous to all Eurovision fans because of its history, in 2000 (13rd may) the 45^th ESC was held in Globe Arena with 16.000 spectators.

    Ericsson Globe (originally known as Stockholm Globe Arena) is the national indoor arena of Sweden, located in the Johanneshov district of Stockholm (Stockholm Globe City). The Ericsson Globe is currently the largest hemispherical building in the world and took two and a half years to build. Shaped like a large white ball, it has a diameter of 110 metres (361 feet) and an inner height of 85 metres (279 feet). The volume of the building is 605,000 cubic metres (21,188,800 cubic feet). It has a seating capacity of 16,000 spectators for shows and concerts, and 13,850 for ice hockey.