KIEV, Oct. 10 – Reconstruction of the main arena of the Euro 2012 European Football Championship – Olympiysky National Sport Complex has cost Ukraine $560 million - 585 million, Deputy Prime Minister - Infrastructure Minister Borys Kolesnikov said.

"When we complete the east stand, hospitality areas, approaches to the stadium – I will name the final amount. It cost somewhere between $560 million and $585 million, which, for the stadium with 70,050 seats is an acceptable amount," he said on Inter TV channel on Friday night.

Kolesnikov noted that the previous government had planned to spend UAH 1.2 billion on the stadium. "This is $150 million, but they have ordered the roof and facing worth $100 million right away, so the logic of planning is not clear. The government did not want to frighten the public, the crisis began. That is, there was no project of the stadium," he explained.