Editing Eurovision Song Contest 2000 (section)

== Location ==
[[File:Stockholm Globe Arena 2012.jpg|thumb|206x206px|left|[[Globe Arena]], Stockholm – host venue of the 2000 contest.]]
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The 2000 contest took place in [[Stockholm]], Sweden, following the country's victory at the {{escyr|1999||1999 edition}} with the song "[[Take Me to Your Heaven (song)|Take Me to Your Heaven]]", performed by [[Charlotte Perrelli|Charlotte Nilsson]]. It was the fourth time that Sweden had staged the contest, following the {{escyr|1975}}, {{escyr|1985}} and {{escyr|1992}} contests held in Stockholm, [[Gothenburg]], and [[Malmö]], respectively.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sweden – Participation history |url=https://eurovision.tv/country/sweden |publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |access-date=2 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621202317/https://eurovision.tv/country/sweden |archive-date=21 June 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> The selected venue was the [[Globe Arena]], also known as {{lang|sv|Globen|i=unset}} in Swedish, an indoor arena first opened in 1989 and the world's [[List of largest spherical buildings|largest hemispherical building]].<ref name="ESC2000" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Ericsson Globe |url=https://www.aegworldwide.com/divisions/facilities/ericsson-globe |publisher=[[Anschutz Entertainment Group|AEG Worldwide]] |access-date=2 April 2024 |archive-date=16 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216102912/https://www.aegworldwide.com/divisions/facilities/ericsson-globe |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=SGM Lights Up World's Largest Hemispherical Building |url=https://sgmlight.com/projects/p-5s-lighting-up-the-world%E2%80%99s-largest-hemispherical-building |publisher=[[SGM Light]] |access-date=2 April 2024 |archive-date=25 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220825185854/https://sgmlight.com/projects/p-5s-lighting-up-the-world%E2%80%99s-largest-hemispherical-building |url-status=live }}</ref> With capacity for over 16,000 people, which was reduced slightly to 13,000 for the contest, the Globe Arena was the largest venue the Eurovision Song Contest had ever seen at that point.<ref name="Decade2000" />{{sfn|O'Connor|2010|pp=159–162}}

Host broadcaster {{lang|sv|[[Sveriges Television]]|i=unset}} (SVT) approached venues in three cities{{snd}}namely Gothenburg, Malmö and Stockholm{{snd}}to establish a suitable host city and venue for the contest. The venues chosen following this initial round of discussions were the [[Scandinavium]] in Gothenburg, which had previously hosted the 1985 contest; {{lang|sv|[[Malmömässan]]|i=unset}} in Malmö; and {{lang|sv|Globen|i=unset}} in Stockholm.<ref name="press release">{{cite press release |date=5 July 2000 |title=Eurovision Song Contest 2000 placeras i Stockholm |trans-title=Eurovision Song Contest 2000 takes place in Stockholm |url=http://www.svt.se/cgi-bin2/info/pressreleaser.pl?article=931177122&dir=%2Fwww-netscape%2Fns-home%2Fdocs%2Fhela%2Fpress%2F1999-01-01---1999-12-31 |url-status=dead |publisher={{lang|sv|[[Sveriges Television]]|i=unset}} |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030114202804/http://www.svt.se/cgi-bin2/info/pressreleaser.pl?article=931177122&dir=%2Fwww-netscape%2Fns-home%2Fdocs%2Fhela%2Fpress%2F1999-01-01---1999-12-31 |archive-date=14 January 2003 |access-date=2 April 2024 |language=sv}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Gothenburg 1985 |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/gothenburg-1985 |publisher=European Broadcasting Union (EBU) |access-date=2 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531031317/https://eurovision.tv/event/gothenburg-1985 |archive-date=31 May 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> Malmö was subsequently eliminated as a potential host city, due to high costs required to complete a suitable arena within the Malmömässan area and which would still have a relatively small audience capacity compared to the other venues on offer. Of the remaining options, Stockholm and {{lang|sv|Globen|i=unset}} were ultimately chosen by SVT managing director [[Sam Nilsson]] to host the event. Stockholm's bid won out over Gothenburg due to the lower costs of producing the event in the capital as well as with Stockholm having not hosted the event since 1975.<ref name="press release" />