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Mundial 2018
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New stadium: Kazan Arena
The last stadium we lacked in our database ahead of Stadium of the Year selection has finally landed! It may be much, much, much more expensive than initially planned, but it's still quite impressive!
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Saint Petersburg: Retractable field selection soon
While the stadium is still hugely delayed, the selection of mobile field technology is anticipated in February. Final cost has yet to be established, according to Karpovka.net.
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Russia: Construction in Nizhny Novgorod to start by year end
Groundbreaking will take place before the end of 2014 – an official confirmed today, assuring the stadium will be ready well ahead of the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
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Saint Petersburg: Zenit tired of waiting for new arena, planning their own stadium?!
As the public-financed new 69,000-seater goes into 6th year of delays, news of Zenit planning a ‘plan B’ modular stadium was released in… Germany. Only after it leaked, the club decided to comment on the issue.
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Moscow: Spartak’s stadium more expensive, but on time
Not $340m, but $430m – this is the updated price tag on Otkritie Arena, the first modern stadium to open in Moscow since Lokomotiv changed venues in 2002. Work is on schedule and opening should take place in the summer of 2014.
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New designs: Volgograd and Ekaterinburg
Their numbers in our database are 499 and 500, which means we reached a really nice jubilee, having more designs than any stadium-dedicated website! But these two deserve your attention for more than just that reason, these are most probably two final designs of 2018 World Cup venues.
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New design: Luzhniki 2018
Russia's largest stadium will remain the leader domestically despite FIFA agreeing to downsize the capacity by 9,000 seats. This measure allowed to cut costs and fit new stands inside the historical bowl. Work begins now and is to end in 2017.
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Petersburg: Old contractor chosen as new contractor
Oleg Deripaska's construction company Transstroi has won a 12.5 billion ruble ($386 million) tender to complete building work on a sports arena in St. Petersburg for local football club Zenit, Kommersant reported Tuesday, citing sources in the government and close to the company.
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Saint Petersburg: Zenit Arena 45% done
It’s almost half-way there, though ‘almost’ has an ironic sound to it when we speak of a stadium under construction since 2006. Still, the general contractor presented detailed plans for upcoming months, suggesting prompt progress. Rsport.ru report.
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2018 World Cup: Yekaterinburg to lose its spot?
The Russian city of Yekaterinburg may lose its status as a World Cup 2018 host city unless the local government can sort out problems with the plans for the stadium within six months, RSport.ru informs.
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Russia: Works in Saransk to last until 2017?
It was one of the very first projects to see groundbreaking, but works didn't even last a year before the site was abandoned. Now a new construction tender is expected to resume works in early 2014, but the stadium won't be ready until FIFA's deadline of 2017.
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Saint Petersburg: Further delays expected at Zenit Arena
Contrary to July's declarations about prolonging Transstroi's contract to deliver the stadium, municipality of Saint Petersburg will launch a new tender to deliver the 69,000-capacity stadium.
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2018 World Cup: Last seven stadiums to go under construction
While works in Kazan are done and finishing in Sochi, most projects for the 2018 World Cup still only exist on paper. This is to change now, as contract to build all seven remaining has been granted to FGUP Sport-inzhiniring.
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2018 World Cup: FIFA agrees Luzhniki capacity cut
After appeals from Russian hosts, FIFA agreed to reduce the required capacity of 2018 WC final stadium, the famous Luzhniki. With previous expectations the stadium would have to be torn down completely, according to RIA Novosti.
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Russia: Future of Sochi stadium still uncertain
Winter Olympics, F1 Grand Prix, FIFA World Cup – these are all prestigious events, but in total they provide just a few sell-out crowds over several years. What will by happening at the stadium between each of them? Surely massive spending, nothing else is certain.
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Saint Petersburg: Contractors to remain for fear of further delays
Although widely criticized, Transstroi will not be removed from the construction site after their contract expires this autumn. Replacing the company would cause even a year long delay in what is already the most ridiculed project of 2018 World Cup.
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New design: Centralnyj Stadion, Yekaterinburg
It’s hard to keep track, since this is already the third concept for Yekaterinburg. This one completely discards what was proposed last year and goes in the direction of the first idea, from 2010. But as it evolves, something fresh is found as well.
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Moscow: FIFA to seal Luzhniki's fate?
Russia's largest stadium will either be redeveloped or demolished completely. All hangs on FIFA's capacity expectations, which Moscow authorities consider to high and expect more flexibility.
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Saint Petersburg: Arena only 35% ready
It’s not a joke. After almost 7 years under construction the future arena of Zenit and 2018 World Cup managed to reach only the 35%-mark, according to regnum.ru. But now things should speed up a lot.
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Russia: Sochi Olympic Stadium ten times more expensive?
When the stadium was announced, it was thought to cost over $60 million. Though this seemed well underestimated, few would have thought that it’s going to consume 10 times the amount projected. And according to Russian opposition the figures may still rise a lot.