Kazan Arena

by | 12 Jun 2018 | Stadiums

Water lily with LED

Kazan Arena

History

Kazan Arena was built in prepa­ra­tion for the Summer World Univer­sity Games in 2013, when it hosted the opening and closing cere­mo­nies. A foot­ball pitch was installed once the games were over. The stadium hosted its first match in August 2013, when Rubin Kazan drew 1:1 with Loko­motiv Moscow, and also served as a FIFA Confe­de­ra­tions Cup 2017 venue.

Kazan Arena is the world’s only stadium that saw 12 swim­ming records – the arena was home to a world aqua­tics cham­pi­on­ship.

Design

Kazan Arena was desi­gned by Popu­lous, the same archi­tects as Wembley Stadium and Emirates Stadium in London. It has a unique design, which blends seam­lessly into Kazan’s urban land­scape. Viewed from above, the arena, which stands on the banks of the Kazanka river, resem­bles a water-lily.

A curved roof­line, which drops from the main stands to the stands behind the gates, charac­te­rises the impres­sion of the stadium. Another striking feature is the large LED media facade in HD quality. With a width of 150 metres and, at the highest point, 35 metres high, it is the world’s largest LED façade in a foot­ball stadium. It has an area of 3,622 square meters and is equipped with three million LEDs.

City and legacy

Kazan is the capital of Repu­blic of Tatar­stan and one of the oldest cities in Russia. It is one of the most ethni­cally diverse cities, with 115 ethni­ci­ties living here besides Tatars and Russians. Kazan’s key land­mark is the Kremlin, a UNESCO World Heri­tage Site.

Since its opening, the Kazan Arena has been the venue of first divi­sion club Rubin Kasan, Russian cham­pion of 2008 and 2009. However, the audi­ence average in the past season was 9,700.In the summer of 2015, it hosted some of the compe­ti­tions at the World Aqua­tics Cham­pi­on­ships. Two 50-metre swim­ming pools were built for that event.

As well as foot­ball matches and sporting events, the stadium will host a whole range of enter­tain­ment shows, concerts and cultural events.

User

Rubin Kasan

Author

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Photographs

© Host city Kazan

Status

New construction

Address

пр-кт Ямашева, 115 А,
Казань, Респ. Татарстан
Russia, 421001

Aerial view

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Opening

2013

Spectator seats

45,000

Videos

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Kaliningrad Stadium

by | 12 Jun 2018 | Stadiums

Football on the island

Kaliningrad Stadium

History

Kali­nin­grad Stadium was built for Russia 2018 on Oktya­brsky Island, right in the heart of Kali­nin­grad. The selec­tion of Kali­nin­grad as a host city has prompted the local autho­ri­ties to develop the island, which for many centu­ries has been a wilder­ness, left largely untouched. After the 2018 World Cup, a new resi­den­tial deve­lo­p­ment will be built around the stadium, with parks, quays and embank­ments along­side the Pregola river.

Kali­nin­grad is the western­most venue of the World Cup.

Design

Kali­nin­grad Stadium is a multi-purpose venue. As well as foot­ball matches, it will host other sporting events and concerts. The stadium is desi­gned as a modern five-level faci­lity.

The winning design of the archi­tec­tural compe­ti­tion was created by the French archi­tects Will­motte, but is not reco­gnizable any more. Instead, a hori­zontal metal facade was realised. Inside the Kali­nin­grad stadium there are two tiers with two box storeys in between. A grand­stand roof suspended from pylons protects against rain and snow.

25,000 piles were driven to serve as the stadium’s foun­da­tion.

City and legacy

Kali­nin­grad is the center of Russia’s western­most region and the country’s only exclave. It was home to one of the world’s grea­test philo­so­phers, Imma­nuel Kant. Until 1946, Kali­nin­grad used to be known as Koenigs­berg and was part of the East Prussia. The region and the city have been known as a source of amber, fossi­lized tree resin that is some 50 million years old. It is home to the planet’s only indus­trial-scale amber produc­tion faci­lity with an annual output of more than 300 tonnes.

 The capa­city will be cut to around 25,000 after the World Cup and FC Baltika Kali­nin­grad, the local side, will play here. It risks being another venue that is rarely filled: the club have not played in the Russian top flight for two decades and typical crowds at their current Baltika Stadium home number in the low thou­sands. Concerts and other events are also expected to take place here, though.

Follo­wing the 2018 FIFA World Cup™, it will serve as the home arena for FC Baltika Kali­nin­grad, and will also become part of a sports faci­lity, featuring a leisure park, a bicycle track, parking lots, and a yacht quay.

User

FC Baltika Kaliningrad

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Photographs

© Host city Kaliningrad
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Status

New building

Address

Solnechnyy Bul’var
Kaliningrad
Kaliningradskaya oblast’
Russia, 236006

Aerial view

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Opening

2018

Spectator seats

35.000 / 25.000 after the World Cup

Videos

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Ekaterinburg Central Stadium

by | 11 Jun 2018 | Stadiums

Kind of different

Ekaterinburg Central Stadium

History

Home to one of the country’s oldest foot­ball clubs, FC Ural, Ekate­rin­burg Central Stadium was built in Sver­dl­ovsk (now Ekate­rin­burg)  in 1953. Since then, it has been refur­bished on a number of occa­sions. The last of these refits has been made for the 2018 FIFA World Cup™. On each occa­sion, however, the stadium’s histo­rical façade remained untouched, as an archi­tec­tural legacy. Archi­tec­tural and deco­ra­tive features typical of Soviet neo-Clas­si­cism were used lavishly in the cons­truc­tion of the stands, along with deco­ra­tive art in the form of sculp­tures, vases and banners.

 

The western and eastern entrances to Ekate­rin­burg Central Stadium are framed by columns with sculp­tures of a milling machine operator, a female skier, a hunter, a foot­ball player, a female athlete with a torch, and a steel­maker.

Design

Yeka­te­rin­burg Central Stadium has four stands: two grand stands, and two tempo­rary stands with a steel struc­ture that will be dismantled after the 2018 FIFA World Cup™. The stadium retains its reco­g­nisable histo­rical façade, although a roof and tempo­rary stands was installed for Russia 2018.

Ekate­rin­burg Central Stadium is the only venue for the 2018 World Cup to be held in the Asian part of Russia.

City and legacy

Ekate­rin­burg is located 17 kilo­me­ters away from the border between Europe and Asia, was founded in 1723 as a factory town on the orders of Emperor Peter the Great and named after his wife, future Empress Cathe­rine I. Ekate­rin­burg is the fourth most-popu­lated city in Russia after Moscow, St. Peters­burg and Novo­si­birsk.

FC Ural will continue to use the stadium for its home games. The venue will also house a fitness center, and the surroun­ding terri­tory will become a pede­strian area.

User

FK Ural Oblast Swerdlowsk FK Ural Jekaterinburg

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Photograph

Status© Host city Ekaterinburg

Status

Refurbishment

Address

Ulitsa Repina 5 620028 Jekaterinburg Russland

Aerial view

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Openings

1953, 2011, 2018

Spectator seats

35,000

Videos

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