Volgograd Arena

Volgograd Arena
Construction
Location	Volgograd, Russia
Coordinates	48°44′04″N 44°32′55″E / 48.73444°N 44.54861°E / 48.73444; 44.54861Coordinates: 48°44′04″N 44°32′55″E / 48.73444°N 44.54861°E / 48.73444; 44.54861
Capacity	45,568 (planned)
Surface	Grass
Broke ground	2015
Built	2017 (planned)
Tenants
FC Rotor Volgograd 2018 FIFA World Cup

Volgograd Arena^[1] is a football stadium in Volgograd, Russia which is under construction. The stadium is one of the venues for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. It will also host FC Rotor Volgograd. It will have a capacity of 45,568 spectators.^[2]

Location

The Stadium will be built on site of the demolished Central Stadium, at the foot of the Mamayev Kurgan memorial complex, near the Volga River.

References

2018 FIFA World Cup stadiums

Kaliningrad Stadium (Kaliningrad)
Piter Arena (Saint Petersburg)
Luzhniki Stadium (Moscow)
Otkrytiye Arena (Moscow)
Kazan Arena (Kazan)
Nizhny Novgorod Stadium (Nizhny Novgorod)
Samara Stadium (Samara)
Volgograd Arena (Volgograd)
Mordovia-Arena (Saransk)
Rostov-on-Don Stadium (Rostov-on-Don)
Fisht Olympic Stadium (Sochi)
Central Stadium (Yekaterinburg)

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