A eight-day UEFA Champions Festival will be host by London in Hyde Park ahead of May's Champions League final at Wembley.
Men and women’s Champions League finals are celebrated each time in a new destination and this time this chance has been assigned to London.
"We are home to footballing giants and this is the contest of Europe's best. Londoners are incredibly passionate about football, not least because our capital contains some of the best clubs in Europe," said London mayor Boris Johnson.
"So with our enviable pedigree in running top notch sporting occasions, and our passion for the beautiful game, there can be no better city to host the UEFA Champions League finals; all eyes will be on Craven Cottage (host of the women’s final) and Wembley and rightly so."
The official ticket ballot was also announced today (17 February), but has already raised heckles with a minimum price of £150 which some see as prohibitive.
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