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In conjunction with IQPC’s Stadium and Venue Design & Development Russia & CIS Forum, taking place on 22-24 October 2012 in Warsaw, Poland, Construction IQ examines Stadium/Arena Projects for FIFA 2018 in Russia.

Upon the recommendation of the FIFA, the ideal number of stadiums to host the World Cups shall be 12, but Russia has initially decided to provide more - 16. The arenas are located in 13 cities which have been divided into 4 clusters:

1) Northern cluster – Saint Petersburg and Kaliningrad (2 stadiums)2) Central cluster – Moscow (4 stadiums)3) Volga cluster – Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Volgograd, Saransk, Yaroslavl, Samara (6 stadiums)4) Southern cluster – Krasnodar, Rostov-on-Don, Sochi (3 stadiums)5) And, separately, Yekaterinburg (1 stadium)

MoscowYaroslavl

Kaliningrad

1. Gazprom ArenaLocation: Saint Petersburg Capacity: 69,501Planned construction: 2007 – 2014

9. Arena PobedaLocation: VolgogradCapacity: 45,015Planned construction: to be completed by 2017

10. Yubileyniy StadiumLocation: Saransk Capacity: 45,015Planned construction: 2012 - 2015

11. ShinnikLocation: YaroslavlCapacity: 45,000Planned construction: to be started in 2013

12. Football Stadium in SamaraLocation: River port of SamaraCapacity: 44,918Planned construction: to be completed by 2017

13. KubanLocation: Northern periphery of KrasnodarCapacity: 50,015Planned construction: 2012 – 2015 (acc to plan)

14. Rostov Levberdon ArenaLocation: Rostov-on-DonCapacity: 43,702Planned construction: 2012- 2013/2014 (acc. to plan)

15. Fisht Olympic StadiumLocation: SochiCapacity: 45,569 (Word Cup 2018) Planned construction: 2007 - 2013

16. Central StadiumLocation: Yekaterinburg Capacity: 41,130Planned construction: 2015 - 2017 to be upgraded

4. SpartakLocation: Moscow CityCapacity: 43,000Planned construction: May 2010 - present

2. Football Stadium of KaliningradLocation:KaliningradCapacity: 45,000Planned construction: present time – 2017

6. Stadium outside Moscow Location:at the crossing of Simferopol Highway & Moscow Ring Road (MKAD)Capacity: 40,000Planned construction: cancelled

7. Rubin Park Arena Location:KazanCapacity: 45,000Planned construction: 5th May 2010 – 1st March 2013

8. Football Stadium on StrelkaLocation:Nizhny Novgorod Capacity: 44,899Planned construction: 2014-2017

3. Grand Sports Arena of the Luzhniki Olympic Complex Location:Moscow CityCapacity: 84,745Planned construction: modernisation required

5. VTB Arena Dynamo Central Stadium Location:Moscow CityCapacity: 35,000Planned construction: 2009 - 2016

Saint Petersburg

Nizhny Novgorod

YekaterinburgSaransk

Krasnodar

Sochi

Volgograd

Rostov-on-Don

Kazan

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