Euro 2016 games could be played in empty stadiums, says UEFA director

Security concerns have mounted in the wake of the Nov. 13 Paris attacks when Islamist militants killed 130 people in bars, restaurants and a concert hall in and around the capital.

Three suicide bombers also blew themselves up outside the Stade de France — venue for the Euro 2016 opening match and final — where France were playing Germany in a friendly international soccer match.

Kallen said Euro 2016 games could be moved at short notice bringing in the scenario of playing without any fans present “because the spectators who have tickets for the match in question wouldn’t have enough time to organise travel and a hotel room.

“Safety and staging the tournament takes priority over everything else,” he told the weekly sports magazine.

Kallen and Jacques Lambert, head of the Euro 2016 local organising committee, are holding a news conference later on Wednesday.