- New Zenit Stadium
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Arena for FC Zenit 
Location 
Saint Petersburg, RussiaCoordinates 59°58′22.63″N 30°13′13.92″E / 59.9729528°N 30.2205333°ECoordinates: 59°58′22.63″N 30°13′13.92″E / 59.9729528°N 30.2205333°E Opened 2012 (planned) Surface Grass Capacity 62,000 Tenants FC Zenit St. Petersburg Arena for FC Zenit (Russian: Футбольный стадион в западной части Крестовского острова literally translated as The football stadium in the western part of Krestovsky Island) - is a stadium in Saint Petersburg, which is currently under construction.[1] It will host the home matches of FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. The stadium was planned to be completed by December 2008,[2] however will now not be finished until late 2011[3]. The stadium will have a capacity of 62,000 people.[4] The name of the future stadium has not been decided yet. At this moment its official name is "Footbolniy stadion v zapadnoy chasti Krestovskogo ostrova", and is commonly referred to in English as the New Zenit Stadium.
The competition between architectural project was won by Kisho Kurokawa's "The Spaceship". The design of the stadium is almost the same as that of Toyota Stadium in Toyota City, Japan, which was also designed by Kurokawa. The stadium is being built on the location where the former Kirov Stadium used to stand before it was demolished.
In January 2009 the The St. Petersburg Times reported that the project was now to be funded by the city government of St Petersburg, with Gazprom switching to build a separate skyscraper project. City Hall had to step in after Gazprom declined to invest any further money into the stadium's construction.[5]
References
- ^ (Russian) St. Petersburg Gorzakaz construction tender announcement
- ^ New stadium at Zenit's website (Russian)
- ^ «Газпром-Арена». Лучше, но позже
- ^ www.fc-zenit.ru
- ^ http://www.times.spb.ru/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=27986
External links
- Stadium thread at www.skyscrapercity.com
- Live webcam of stadium construction at http://ingtransstroy.ru
- Updated renders of the stadium after project adjustment
- (English) Section about the stadium on the official website of Zenit
Football Club Zenit Saint Petersburg Presidents Home stadium Season articles 2002 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011–12Related articles Other teams Zenit-2 · Smena-ZenitSports venue and auditoriums in St. Petersburg Object · Capacity · YearOpen-air recreation areas Petrovsky Stadium · 21,600 · 1924 (1933, 1961, 1980 - reconstruction) • Dinamo Stadium · 500 (max12,000) · 1929 • Kirov Stadium · 84,000 · 1950-2006 • Petrovsky Stadium, small area · 2,600 · 1994 • New Zenit Stadium · 60,000 · 2011 (planned)
Roofed sport and concert areas Yubileyny Sports Palace · 7,000 · 1967 • Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex · 25,000 · 1980 • Ice Palace · 12,300 · 1999Сoncert halls Oktyabrskiy Big Concert Hall · 3,800 · 1967 • Mariinsky Theatre, Concert Hall · 1,100 · 20062018 FIFA World Cup Stadia Kaliningrad Stadium (Kaliningrad) • New Zenit Stadium (Saint Petersburg) • Luzhniki Stadium (Moscow) • Moscow Region Stadium (Moscow Region) • Spartak Stadium (Moscow) • VTB Stadium and Arena (Moscow) • New Rubin Kazan Stadium (Kazan) • Nizhny Novgorod Stadium (Nizhny Novgorod) • Shinnik Stadium (Yaroslavl) • Samara Stadium (Samara) • Volgograd Stadium (Volgograd) • Saransk Stadium (Saransk) • Krasnodar Stadium (Krasnodar) • Rostov-on-Don Stadium (Rostov-on-Don) • Sochi Olympic Stadium (Sochi) • Central Stadium (Yekaterinburg)
Categories:- Russian sports venue stubs
- Saint Petersburg stubs
- FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
- Football venues in Russia
- Buildings and structures in Saint Petersburg
- Sport in Saint Petersburg
- Proposed stadiums
- Retractable-roof stadiums
- 2018 FIFA World Cup stadiums
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