- The football stadium at western part of Krestovsky island
Footbolniy stadion v zapadnoy chasti Krestovskogo ostrova ( _ru. Футбо́льный стадио́н в за́падной ча́сти Кресто́вского о́строва, The football stadium at western part of Krestovsky island) - is a
stadium inSaint Petersburg , which is currently under construction. [ru icon [http://www.gorzakaz.org/news.php?id=3848 St. Petersburg Gorzakaz construction tender announcement] ] It will host the home matches ofFC Zenit Saint Petersburg . The stadium was planned to be completed by December 2008, [http://www.fc-zenit.ru/info/page.phtml?id=340 New stadium] at Zenit's website ru icon] however will now not be finished until2009 . The stadium will have a capacity of 60,000 people. [ [http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://www.fc-zenit.ru/info/page.phtml%3Fid%3D340&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%25D0%259A%25D0%25BE%25D0%25BD%25D0%25BA%25D1%2583%25D1%2580%25D1%2581%2B%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B0%2B%25D0%25BF%25D1%2580%25D0%25BE%25D0%25B5%25D0%25BA%25D1%2582%2B%25D0%25BD%25D0%25BE%25D0%25B2%25D0%25BE%25D0%25B3%25D0%25BE%2B%25D1%2581%25D1%2582%25D0%25B0%25D0%25B4%25D0%25B8%25D0%25BE%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B0%2B%25D0%25B1%25D1%258B%25D0%25BB%2B%25D0%25BE%25D0%25B1%25D1%258A%25D1%258F%25D0%25B2%25D0%25BB%25D0%25B5%25D0%25BD%2B15%2B%25D0%25BD%25D0%25BE%25D1%258F%25D0%25B1%25D1%2580%25D1%258F%2B2005%2B%25D0%25B3%25D0%25BE%25D0%25B4%25D0%25B0,%2B%25D0%25B0%2B23%2B%25D0%25B0%25D0%25B2%25D0%25B3%25D1%2583%25D1%2581%25D1%2582%25D0%25B0%2B2006%2B%25D0%25B3%25D0%25BE%25D0%25B4%25D0%25B0%2B%25D0%25B2%2B%25D0%25A1%25D0%25BC%25D0%25BE%25D0%25BB%25D1%258C%25D0%25BD%25D0%25BE%25D0%25BC%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DG www.fc-zenit.ru] ] 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".The competition between architectural project was won by
Kisho Kurokawa 's "The Spaceship".The stadium is being built on the location where the formerKirov Stadium used to stand before it was demolished.References
External links
*Stadium thread at [http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=459203 www.skyscrapercity.com]
*Live webcam of stadium construction at [http://www.avant-spb.ru/fv.html www.avant-spb.ru]
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