Volgograd Arena

The Volgograd Arena (Russian: «Волгоград Арена») is a football stadium in Volgograd, Russia. The stadium was one of the venues for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. It also hosts FC Rotor Volgograd. It has a capacity of 45,568 spectators.

History

The stadium was built on site of the demolished Central Stadium, at the foot of the Mamayev Kurgan memorial complex, near the Volga River. The previous stadium was built in 1958, on the site of a former oil depot. This area was undeveloped, occupied by randomly distributed low-value buildings, warehouses, barracks and ravines. During construction of the stadium, 300 unexploded bombs were discovered and removed from the site.

To save money it was proposed to make the stadium a compact, single object, which consisted of the podium for 40 thousand spectators, a sports Olympic size arena and two large sports complex with 10 different gyms. The complex included a swimming pool and riding school which was not built due to lack of funds.

This page also has a version in other languages :  Волгоград Арена (russian)