Bearly two months of the competition of world's biggest football tournament in Brazil, Russia has delivered its first stadium for the country’s hosting of the 2018 Fifa World Cup, with the Kazan Arena staging its first football match on Sunday.
In the present of 36,855 spectators, Rubin Kazan and Lokomotive Moscow slugged it out in the first official game in the Kazan Arena stadium.
"Today we are here to witness a historic moment - the opening of the first 2018 FIFA World Cup venue", said Vitaly Mutko, Russia's Sports Minister. "This is an amazing and truly exceptional stadium, which can already be considered as a jewel and a landmark in the city of Kazan and the whole Republic of Tatarstan.
Completed in July 2013, the Kazan Arena has already played host to the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2013 World Summer Universiade, after which the stadium had a natural turf laid and all necessary additional work for hosting football matches completed.
The new 2018 FIFA World Cup venue has been designed to satisfy even the most demanding of supporters. The stadium has skyboxes, a restaurant with panoramic views of the pitch, a number of foot courts, sports bars and cafes; a children's area with a shop with club merchandise. The arena will also boast a Rubin Football Club museum, a vintage car museum and another dedicated to the stadium's history. For fans coming to matches in their own vehicle, there is parking for 4,445 cars.
The Kazan Arena is a multiuse complex capable of hosting not only football matches but also entertainment and major sporting events.
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In the present of 36,855 spectators, Rubin Kazan and Lokomotive Moscow slugged it out in the first official game in the Kazan Arena stadium.
"Today we are here to witness a historic moment - the opening of the first 2018 FIFA World Cup venue", said Vitaly Mutko, Russia's Sports Minister. "This is an amazing and truly exceptional stadium, which can already be considered as a jewel and a landmark in the city of Kazan and the whole Republic of Tatarstan.
Completed in July 2013, the Kazan Arena has already played host to the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2013 World Summer Universiade, after which the stadium had a natural turf laid and all necessary additional work for hosting football matches completed.
The new 2018 FIFA World Cup venue has been designed to satisfy even the most demanding of supporters. The stadium has skyboxes, a restaurant with panoramic views of the pitch, a number of foot courts, sports bars and cafes; a children's area with a shop with club merchandise. The arena will also boast a Rubin Football Club museum, a vintage car museum and another dedicated to the stadium's history. For fans coming to matches in their own vehicle, there is parking for 4,445 cars.
The Kazan Arena is a multiuse complex capable of hosting not only football matches but also entertainment and major sporting events.
That's sign of successful preparation in Russia just like they hosted the Olympic
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