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VTB Arena

Capacity	27 268
Country	Russia
City	Moscow
Clubs	Dynamo
Category	Design being implemented
Cost	700-750 mln $
Construction	2011 - 2017
Design	Erick van Egeraat, Mosproekt 2
Design time	2010
Address	36, Leningradsky Prospect, Moscow 125190
Within the design	indoor hall for 12 000 seats, office and retail complex, extensive underground parking facilities. Additionally, 5-star hotel, 4 office buildings, several apartment blocks, conference centre and sports academy for Dynamo.

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Description

Initial concept was presented in 2010, before Russia officially announced their bid to host the 2018 World Cup. The plan was to fit a new stadium and indoor hall inside the existing historical bowl of Stadion Dinamo. The new football-specific stadium was to hold up to 45,000 people, while multi-sport hall another 12,000.

In 2011-2012 the design was evolving, which in practice meant mostly scaling down by Manica Architecture. This was partly associated with the venue not being selected for the 2018 tournament by FIFA, making its satisfying capacity below 30,000. Staircases were fitted inside the bowl instead of outside, retractable roof was scrapped, while external cladding got simplified. All this allowed for estimated cost to halve.

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