Russia is preparing to receive the participants and guests of the World Cup, which will be held in different cities of the country from June 14 to July 15. The main stadium of the 2018 World Cup will be updated "Luzhniki".
Reconstruction of the stadium ended a year ago, the cost of work amounted to 26.6 billion rubles. According to the head of the Moscow construction department Andrei Bochkarev, the builders met the original budget, the amount of costs during the work was not revised.
The capacity of the arena has grown from 78 to 81 thousand. human. From the stadium removed the race track - he became only a football. The first match in the new arena was November 11, 2017. In the "Luzhniki" will host the opening match of the World Cup between Russia and Saudi Arabia and the final match of the tournament. Another Moscow stadium, where the matches will be played by the World Cup - Spartak (Opening Arena). It was built in 2014 with the money of the owner of the club Leonid Fedun. The project is estimated at $ 14.5 billion. Arena capacity - 45 thousand.
man, it will be a match 1/8 finals. "Zenith Arena" in St. Petersburg - the most long-suffering stadium of the upcoming championship.
The arena was built almost 10 years and cost a record 43 billion rubles. This is the only stadium in Russia with a sliding roof, its capacity is 68 thousand. 500 people. When the stadium was built, it turned out that the roof was leaking.
Vice-Governor of St. Petersburg Igor Albin said that the cormorants, who with their powerful beaks, were to blame for the deterioration of the high-tech coating, destroyed the light-reflecting protective film, which can withstand the load of up to 400 kg per square meter. The stadium in Nizhny Novgorod is built on Strelka - at the confluence of the Oka and Volga. In the new arena will be 6 matches of the tournament. Capacity of the stadium - 45 thousand. man, he was officially opened on May 6, 2018. The stadium "Samara-Arena" was built with a serious backlog of the schedule. The Minister of Sports Pavel Kolobkov said last October that the sports facility is ready only for 65%. Ministry of Transport of Russia filed a claim for the amount of 609.7 million rubles. to the general contractor for the construction of the stadium (CSO) "Kazan", but the court decided to recover from the contractor 1 million 34 thousand 179 rubles. The cost of construction in the course of the work has grown significantly: initially it was 13 billion rubles. , in the end amounted to 18.9 billion rubles. April 28, 2018 at the "Samara-Arena" was the first match. The stadium on the marshy October Island in Kaliningrad officially opened on May 12, 2018. Its capacity is 35 thousand. man, the cost of construction amounted to 17.85 billion rubles. "Mordovia-Arena" will take 4 matches of the group tournament. The stadium holds 45 thousand. man, it cost about 15.8 billion rubles. Construction began in 2010, the first test match was held on April 21 this year. The stadium "Kazan-Arena" was built in 2013 - it was the opening and closing ceremonies of the Universiade. Last year, the arena hosted the Cup of Confederations. The web has information that before the World Cup at the stadium paint the ground and yellowed grass in green. It is to be hoped that the lawn at the "Kazan Arena" is followed more responsibly. "Rostov Arena" was built in 6 years, it officially opened on May 13.
At the stadium can simultaneously "hurt" 45 thousand. human. The arena in Volgograd is built on the site of the old stadium that belonged to the football club "Rotor". After the end of the world championship the Volgograd team will train on it. The cost of construction amounted to 16.37 billion rubles. Stadium "Fisht" was built in Sochi for the 2014 Olympics. To the Confederations Cup in 2017 it was reconstructed. The capacity of the stadium is 48 thousand. human.