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DEVELOPMENT – WORLD CUP 2018
FEATURE STADIUM
Fireworks near Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow for the opening ceremony of the 14th World Championships in Athletics
Vitaly Mutko comments: “We have already completed a rough plan and the programme, which contain the list of measures and activities, the implementation of which is important in order to organise the World Cup in Russia at the highest level. The programme involves construction of new stadiums, airports, and other objects of infrastructure, and its total cost is estimated at about 600 billion roubles.”
It is planned that about 40% of costs will be spent on the construction of new stadiums and modernisation of existing stadiums. The remaining funds will be spent on the construction of new hotels and transport infrastructure.
According to state plans, up to 50% of funds for the project, which is
equivalent to 300 billion roubles, will be provided from the Russian budget, while the rest is expected to be allocated from private sources.
Stadiums and cities
World Cup 2018 will be hosted in 11 Russian cities, among which are Moscow, St Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Sochi, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Rostov-on-Don, Kaliningrad, Volgograd and Saransk. To date, only one stadium is fully ready for the tournament, which is Tsentralny stadium in Yekaterinburg. Another fi ve stadiums are currently under construction, including Spartak stadium in Tushino (Moscow region), Gazprom-Arena in St Petersburg, Fisht in Sochi, Rubin-Arena in Kazan and
Yubileyny Arena in Saransk. The rest of the stadiums are currently at the design stage.
The Spartak football stadium is expected to be the fi rst football stadium commissioned specially for the 2018 World Cup to complete. The cost of the project is 12 billion roubles. The construction of the venue with a capacity of 43,000 seats has been ongoing since 2010 and should be completed next year.
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