Kazan Arena

  • Games of Rubin Kazan
  • Summer Universiade 2013
  • World Swimming Championships in 2015
  • FIFA Confederations Cup 2017
  • Football World Cup 2018

The Arena Kazan (Russian Казань Арена ) is a football stadium in the north east of the Russian city of Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan. It offers visitors 45 105 seats. The arena replaced the Central Stadium in 1960 as the home of the football club Rubin Kazan.

History

On 5 May 2010 the then Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin laid the foundations for the modern stadium. The venue is modeled in form of a water lily. Following a vote on the Internet about the name of the modern arena, the proposal Kazan Arena prevailed with 45 percent of the 9477 votes. After delays and shifted opening on May 9 2013, the stadium was completed in time for the Summer Universiade in 2013 and inaugurated on June 14th of the year. Initially we went from building costs of 5.6 billion rubles ( about 132 million euros). Ultimately, the cost almost tripled to 15.5 billion rubles (about 465 million euros ).

The stadium is distinguished from a curved roof line that slopes down from the center of the main and opposite stand to the stands behind the goals. Another striking feature of the stadium is the large LED media facade in HD quality. With a width of 150 meters and, at the highest point, 35 meters height, it is the world's largest LED wall in a football stadium. It has an area of ​​3,622 square meters and is equipped with three million LEDs.

Events

In the Kazan Arena the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2013 Summer Universiade was held. The football club Rubin Kazan will host its home games in the arena. In July 2011, Kazan was able to prevail against the Mexican Guadalajara and Hong Kong (China) to host the World Swimming Championships in 2015. The swimming competitions are held in Kazan Arena. For this purpose two temporary 50 - meter swimming pool to be installed in the stadium and the swimming stadium as resulting offer 12,000 places.

The city of Kazan was one of 14 candidate cities to host the Football World Cup 2018 in Russia. On August 30, 2012 FIFA president Sepp Blatter announced along with Russia's sports minister Vitaly Mutko known in Moscow that Kazan is next eleven other stadiums be the venue of the soccer world tournament with the Kazan Arena. A year before the World Cup is the arena one of four venues of the FIFA Confederations Cup 2017.

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