MOSCOW: Russia's World Cup is unfold across 12 stadiums in 11 host towns. They vary from St. Petersburg, which is up to now north that the solar doesn't set on some summer time days, to Sochi and its subtropical climate on the Black Sea coast.
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Cost rises, worker deaths, and corruption have marred the construction of Russia's World Cup stadiums. Unlike in Brazil four years in the past, venues are finished on time, however there's positive to be a couple of last-minute tweaks.
Legacy is an issue as simplest five stadiums hosted top-level golf equipment this season, and the federal government will want to duvet the maintenance with subsidies after the event.
Here is a look at the stadiums:
LUZHNIKI STADIUM
City: Moscow
Capacity: 81,006
Cost: 24 billion rubles ($410 million) for rebuild
A limiteless bowl built within the 1950s to showcase the sporting might of the Soviet Union, Luzhniki has been transformed to host the World Cup ultimate.
The old stands have been ripped out and the athletics observe from the 1980 Olympics torn up as the stadium was once converted right into a football-specific venue.
That will increase potential and luxury, while bringing fans closer to the action.
Luzhniki reopened on Nov. 11 when Argentina beat Russia 1-Zero in a friendly. Russian fans praised the rebuild, however many have been angered through lengthy delays in having access to close by public delivery. That progressed for subsequent friendlies, however permit plenty of time for go back and forth to Luzhniki and back.
A fan zone will show video games on giant displays close to Moscow State University, on the different facet of the river.
SPARTAK STADIUM
City: Moscow
Capacity: 43,298
Cost: 14.5 billion rubles ($250 million)
Home of the 2017 Russian Premier League champion Spartak Moscow, this stadium opened in 2014 and is already well tested as a venue for Champions League and Confederations Cup video games.
It is generally known as the Otkritie Arena, however FIFA laws on sponsorship mean a brief title trade for the event.
The towering statue of a gladiator outside is a nod to Spartak being named after the Roman slave rebel Spartacus.
It is the one World Cup stadium built without govt cash. Transport is rather easy from central Moscow, though persistent site visitors jams mean most fans prefer the subway.
ST. PETERSBURG STADIUM
City: St. Petersburg
Capacity: 68,134
Cost: 43 billion rubles ($735 million)
Almost the whole lot that might pass wrong did pass wrong with the St. Petersburg stadium.
Severe delays and soaring costs have been just the start for a challenge which was notorious for employing North Korean laborers, considered one of whom was once among at least eight people to die on the stadium and 17 across all World Cup construction sites, in keeping with the business union Building and Wood Workers' International.
A deputy governor of St. Petersburg has admitted his role in a 50-million-ruble ($850,000) scheme to siphon off the stadium's budget, though officers say the true picture of corruption was once much larger.
The spaceship-like area _ which will host a semifinal _ stays plagued through a leaking roof and a pitch which had to get replaced time and again.
Confederations Cup video games, on the other hand, handed largely without incident and Russia says it's running to iron out any further problems.
FISHT STADIUM
City: Sochi
Capacity: 47,700
Cost: 23.5 billion rubles ($400 million) for initial construction, four billion rubles ($68 million) to convert for soccer
While reminiscences of the Sochi Olympics was ruled through Russia's doping scandals, one part of the legacy is still gleaming.
Nestled through the Black Sea, Fisht Stadium hosted the lavish opening and shutting ceremonies for the 2014 Winter Olympics, and then Confederations Cup video games.
How that Olympic legacy continues after the World Cup isn't clear; Sochi doesn't have a soccer club to use the stadium.
Fans are advised to ebook hotels close to the Olympic Park since the main town of Sochi is an hour away.
KAZAN ARENA
City: Kazan
Capacity: 44,779
Cost: 14.four billion rubles ($250 million)
Opened in 2013 as the primary of Russia's new generation of soccer stadiums and was once used as the prototype for the opposite new arenas.
It's a versatile venue which has hosted Confederations Cup soccer, ceremonies, or even the 2015 world swimming championships, where a brief pool was once put in.
SAMARA ARENA
City: Samara
Capacity: 44,807
Cost: 18.2 billion rubles ($310 million)
This stadium within the Volga River town of Samara is bold however proved tricky to finish on time.
Its bold design _ a tumbler dome evoking Samara's historical past as a center of the Russian space program _ wanted overtime to build however finally opened in April.
The stadium is on the outskirts of the town, so fans should permit plenty of time for go back and forth to video games together with a World Cup quarterfinal.
NIZHNY NOVGOROD STADIUM
City: Nizhny Novgorod
Capacity: 45,331
Cost: 17.nine billion rubles ($307 million) - Russian media estimates
With a roof which seems to glide atop white columns, the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium has considered one of Russia's more spectacular designs and will host a quarterfinal.
It also gives fans views of the Oka and Volga rivers which meet in Nizhny Novgorod, a historical town situated round four hours east of Moscow.
Legacy is usually a drawback as native club Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod plays in the second tier and struggles to draw crowds.
ROSTOV ARENA
City: Rostov-on-Don
Capacity: 45,145
Cost: 19.four billion rubles ($330 million)
Sweltering summer time temperatures is usually a drawback for teams coming to the southern Russian steppe to play crew or last-16 video games in Rostov-on-Don.
The stadium sits on the financial institution of the Don river and is deliberate to develop into the middle of a vast new housing and leisure building after the World Cup.
When the event is over, the stadium would be the new home of FC Rostov, which beat Bayern Munich within the Champions League crew level in 2016 however has since slipped back into the middle of the Russian standings.
VOLGOGRAD ARENA
City: Volgograd
Capacity: 45,568
Cost: 17.3 billion rubles ($300 million)
In the town as soon as known as Stalingrad, every spot has wartime historical past, and the stadium is no different.
Workers all the way through construction had to care for discovering unexploded munitions and squaddies' corpses from the Battle of Stalingrad. The stadium sits at the foot of Russia's best-known World War II memorial.
The location intended the stadium had to be designed with a low roof-line in order not to obscure views of ``The Motherland Calls'' sculpture. German early life players have been invited to a check recreation at the stadium in a gesture of international reconciliation.
EKATERINBURG ARENA
City: Yekaterinburg
Capacity: 35,696
Cost: 12.7 billion rubles ($220 million) for rebuild
Even sooner than it opens, the stadium within the Ural mountain town of Yekaterinburg is legendary for its extraordinary design.
In an try to stay costs down, the stadium has 12,000 transient seats. So a long way, so normal for a World Cup.
However, those seats are on huge towers of scaffolding stretching over the walls of the primary stadium, which might make being within the peak row a vertigo-inducing experience.
Reducing the potential to 23,000 after the event should make existence more uncomplicated for native club Ural Yekaterinburg, which averaged crowds of simply over eight,000 within the Russian Premier League this season.
Human Rights Watch alleged that some workers have been required to paintings in temperatures of minus-25 degrees Celsius, and were not given enough breaks to stay heat.
MORDOVIA ARENA
City: Saransk
Capacity: 44,442
Cost: 17.1 billion rubles ($295 million)
With a population of simply 300,000, Saransk was once a marvel choice as a bunch town.
Located 10 hours through street south-east of Moscow, it's through a long way the smallest of the 11 towns however hopes to make up for that with a heat welcome for foreigners at the biggest international tournament within the town's historical past.
Many fans arriving for the World Cup won't be staying in hotels _ Saransk merely doesn't have enough _ however on campsites or in newly finished apartment blocks which might be sold after the event.
Large parts of the stadium are transient, that means it may be diminished to a 25,000-capacity venue after the event.
KALININGRAD STADIUM
City: Kaliningrad
Capacity: 35,212
Cost: 17.four billion rubles ($300 million)
Kaliningrad is the capital of a sliver of Russian land cut off from the rest of the rustic and sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania.
Until World War II, the town was once part of Germany and called Koenigsberg. Officials are hoping its location and historical past make Kaliningrad an exquisite vacation spot for fans from different European nations.
The stadium is a compact, modest design which has been built temporarily.
There were repeated allegations of corruption involving the stadium, together with a number of arrests.
ALSO READ: FIFA recordsdata felony complaint towards secondary ticket firm Viagogo
Cost rises, worker deaths, and corruption have marred the construction of Russia's World Cup stadiums. Unlike in Brazil four years in the past, venues are finished on time, however there's positive to be a couple of last-minute tweaks.
Legacy is an issue as simplest five stadiums hosted top-level golf equipment this season, and the federal government will want to duvet the maintenance with subsidies after the event.
Here is a look at the stadiums:
LUZHNIKI STADIUM
City: Moscow
Capacity: 81,006
Cost: 24 billion rubles ($410 million) for rebuild
A limiteless bowl built within the 1950s to showcase the sporting might of the Soviet Union, Luzhniki has been transformed to host the World Cup ultimate.
The old stands have been ripped out and the athletics observe from the 1980 Olympics torn up as the stadium was once converted right into a football-specific venue.
That will increase potential and luxury, while bringing fans closer to the action.
Luzhniki reopened on Nov. 11 when Argentina beat Russia 1-Zero in a friendly. Russian fans praised the rebuild, however many have been angered through lengthy delays in having access to close by public delivery. That progressed for subsequent friendlies, however permit plenty of time for go back and forth to Luzhniki and back.
A fan zone will show video games on giant displays close to Moscow State University, on the different facet of the river.
SPARTAK STADIUM
City: Moscow
Capacity: 43,298
Cost: 14.5 billion rubles ($250 million)
Home of the 2017 Russian Premier League champion Spartak Moscow, this stadium opened in 2014 and is already well tested as a venue for Champions League and Confederations Cup video games.
It is generally known as the Otkritie Arena, however FIFA laws on sponsorship mean a brief title trade for the event.
The towering statue of a gladiator outside is a nod to Spartak being named after the Roman slave rebel Spartacus.
It is the one World Cup stadium built without govt cash. Transport is rather easy from central Moscow, though persistent site visitors jams mean most fans prefer the subway.
ST. PETERSBURG STADIUM
City: St. Petersburg
Capacity: 68,134
Cost: 43 billion rubles ($735 million)
Almost the whole lot that might pass wrong did pass wrong with the St. Petersburg stadium.
Severe delays and soaring costs have been just the start for a challenge which was notorious for employing North Korean laborers, considered one of whom was once among at least eight people to die on the stadium and 17 across all World Cup construction sites, in keeping with the business union Building and Wood Workers' International.
A deputy governor of St. Petersburg has admitted his role in a 50-million-ruble ($850,000) scheme to siphon off the stadium's budget, though officers say the true picture of corruption was once much larger.
The spaceship-like area _ which will host a semifinal _ stays plagued through a leaking roof and a pitch which had to get replaced time and again.
Confederations Cup video games, on the other hand, handed largely without incident and Russia says it's running to iron out any further problems.
FISHT STADIUM
City: Sochi
Capacity: 47,700
Cost: 23.5 billion rubles ($400 million) for initial construction, four billion rubles ($68 million) to convert for soccer
While reminiscences of the Sochi Olympics was ruled through Russia's doping scandals, one part of the legacy is still gleaming.
Nestled through the Black Sea, Fisht Stadium hosted the lavish opening and shutting ceremonies for the 2014 Winter Olympics, and then Confederations Cup video games.
How that Olympic legacy continues after the World Cup isn't clear; Sochi doesn't have a soccer club to use the stadium.
Fans are advised to ebook hotels close to the Olympic Park since the main town of Sochi is an hour away.
KAZAN ARENA
City: Kazan
Capacity: 44,779
Cost: 14.four billion rubles ($250 million)
Opened in 2013 as the primary of Russia's new generation of soccer stadiums and was once used as the prototype for the opposite new arenas.
It's a versatile venue which has hosted Confederations Cup soccer, ceremonies, or even the 2015 world swimming championships, where a brief pool was once put in.
SAMARA ARENA
City: Samara
Capacity: 44,807
Cost: 18.2 billion rubles ($310 million)
This stadium within the Volga River town of Samara is bold however proved tricky to finish on time.
Its bold design _ a tumbler dome evoking Samara's historical past as a center of the Russian space program _ wanted overtime to build however finally opened in April.
The stadium is on the outskirts of the town, so fans should permit plenty of time for go back and forth to video games together with a World Cup quarterfinal.
NIZHNY NOVGOROD STADIUM
City: Nizhny Novgorod
Capacity: 45,331
Cost: 17.nine billion rubles ($307 million) - Russian media estimates
With a roof which seems to glide atop white columns, the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium has considered one of Russia's more spectacular designs and will host a quarterfinal.
It also gives fans views of the Oka and Volga rivers which meet in Nizhny Novgorod, a historical town situated round four hours east of Moscow.
Legacy is usually a drawback as native club Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod plays in the second tier and struggles to draw crowds.
ROSTOV ARENA
City: Rostov-on-Don
Capacity: 45,145
Cost: 19.four billion rubles ($330 million)
Sweltering summer time temperatures is usually a drawback for teams coming to the southern Russian steppe to play crew or last-16 video games in Rostov-on-Don.
The stadium sits on the financial institution of the Don river and is deliberate to develop into the middle of a vast new housing and leisure building after the World Cup.
When the event is over, the stadium would be the new home of FC Rostov, which beat Bayern Munich within the Champions League crew level in 2016 however has since slipped back into the middle of the Russian standings.
VOLGOGRAD ARENA
City: Volgograd
Capacity: 45,568
Cost: 17.3 billion rubles ($300 million)
In the town as soon as known as Stalingrad, every spot has wartime historical past, and the stadium is no different.
Workers all the way through construction had to care for discovering unexploded munitions and squaddies' corpses from the Battle of Stalingrad. The stadium sits at the foot of Russia's best-known World War II memorial.
The location intended the stadium had to be designed with a low roof-line in order not to obscure views of ``The Motherland Calls'' sculpture. German early life players have been invited to a check recreation at the stadium in a gesture of international reconciliation.
EKATERINBURG ARENA
City: Yekaterinburg
Capacity: 35,696
Cost: 12.7 billion rubles ($220 million) for rebuild
Even sooner than it opens, the stadium within the Ural mountain town of Yekaterinburg is legendary for its extraordinary design.
In an try to stay costs down, the stadium has 12,000 transient seats. So a long way, so normal for a World Cup.
However, those seats are on huge towers of scaffolding stretching over the walls of the primary stadium, which might make being within the peak row a vertigo-inducing experience.
Reducing the potential to 23,000 after the event should make existence more uncomplicated for native club Ural Yekaterinburg, which averaged crowds of simply over eight,000 within the Russian Premier League this season.
Human Rights Watch alleged that some workers have been required to paintings in temperatures of minus-25 degrees Celsius, and were not given enough breaks to stay heat.
MORDOVIA ARENA
City: Saransk
Capacity: 44,442
Cost: 17.1 billion rubles ($295 million)
With a population of simply 300,000, Saransk was once a marvel choice as a bunch town.
Located 10 hours through street south-east of Moscow, it's through a long way the smallest of the 11 towns however hopes to make up for that with a heat welcome for foreigners at the biggest international tournament within the town's historical past.
Many fans arriving for the World Cup won't be staying in hotels _ Saransk merely doesn't have enough _ however on campsites or in newly finished apartment blocks which might be sold after the event.
Large parts of the stadium are transient, that means it may be diminished to a 25,000-capacity venue after the event.
KALININGRAD STADIUM
City: Kaliningrad
Capacity: 35,212
Cost: 17.four billion rubles ($300 million)
Kaliningrad is the capital of a sliver of Russian land cut off from the rest of the rustic and sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania.
Until World War II, the town was once part of Germany and called Koenigsberg. Officials are hoping its location and historical past make Kaliningrad an exquisite vacation spot for fans from different European nations.
The stadium is a compact, modest design which has been built temporarily.
There were repeated allegations of corruption involving the stadium, together with a number of arrests.
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