SAINT PETERSBURG - Gazprom Arena (69,501) - 2018 FIFA WC

[poxuy]

Originally Posted by likasz

Zenit=2nd Chealsea
Money is not everything

But the stadium will be very nice, maybe is a little too big

Typical opinion of person, who know nothing about the club, about players, about coach, about fan-club... Just "2nd Chelsea", because the sponsor is Gazprom?
And why the stadium "is a little too big"? The whole Saint Petersburg (with population 4,6 mln.) support Zenit.

[BobDaBuilder]

It will be interesting to see if the they will be able to keep the free-wheeling spending up over in Russia now the oil price is in a tail spin.

I guess there will a lot more Russian women available now too.

The way things are going in the west, I'm not sure if it is a case of us saving them or them saving us?!

[plasticterminator]

Originally Posted by likasz

Zenit=2nd Chealsea
Money is not everything

But the stadium will be very nice, maybe is a little too big

I too feel compelled to defend Zenit, they are a very well supported club who through no fault of their own are sponsored by gazprom as are shalke04 in fact the two clubs have very big comparisons-both are not historically famous teams of europe like a liverpool, real madrid etc but they have had recent success built on that and have always had a good fanbase ready to support them once they started to compete with the bigger clubs. I cannot see any comparison between zenit and chelsea. Chelsea were a top 12/15 uk side who sometimes had good seasons and then bad seasons but were not a consistent european powerhouse or top 5 side, then they were on the brink of extinction completely potless and along came abromovich. instantly they became a top four side and a force in europe thanks 100% to investment.
Zenits main reason for success last two years are homegrown players that cost nothing coming of age such as asharvin etc and a very good manager who got the best out of his players. Perhaps also other bigger teams did not respect zenit as a force at their cost and zenit won the uefa cup. The only 'expensive' import was timoshuck from shakhtar. I cannot see how they are a second chelsea???

[TigroZavr]

Stadion value rose to 900 000 000 $, a new contractor is detected on December 5!

[www.sercan.de]

Can't they just change the project?
Do they need a moveable field?

[TigroZavr]

Stadium construction "Zenith" will "Inzhtransstroy"

In the tender for the construction of a new stadium Petersburg Zenit ", which will be located on Krestovsky Island, won company Inzhtransstroy, owned by Oleg Deripaska. According to the publication of "Fontanka.ru, the contract price is 13 billion 22 million 282 thousand rubles at the initial price of 18 billion 603 million 260 thousand. Reducing the starting price was 30%.

Note that "Inzhtransstroy" now engaged in construction of several major projects in St. Petersburg, including the reconstruction of the runway airport "Pulkovo".

...Draft stay still sliding box and sliding remain beautiful!

[berkshire royal]

Is the design definately set then? Also are there any construction pics or links to pages which show updates of the Russian Stadiums that are under construction?

[TigroZavr]

berkshire royal

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=486660 forum Russian stadium boom

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=393451 - Russian forum Gazprom arena

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=565762 - new CSKA stadium

[PaulFCB]

I liked the older design more.
This should be the stadium for the Russian NT because even though smaller then Moscow's it offers much more to the spectators.

[Capital78]

Very nice. I've also prefered old design. The new stadium will be 3 times bigger as current Petrovskiy stadium. How many members have Zenit? Is such a high capacity reasonable or is this project too megalomaniacal?

[PaulFCB]

Thinking it's the only big football team in a city as big as Leningrad, I think games vs. the Moscow/European Cups may have way bigger demands then this capacity.
S. Petersburg also has the Kirov stadium, 80.000 seats but in old communist style, a modern stadium can easily fill up easier then a commie one.

[www.sercan.de]

Kirov stadum does not any exist more, because this one is going to be built on the old stadiums ground

[PaulFCB]

So this one is being built over the Kirosv, not over the Petrovski?

[www.sercan.de]

Yep
Zenit plays currently at the Petrovsky (21,750)
Kirov one has been demolished
http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=L-c9JkZCyQY

[kazetuner]

i liked the old one better, but it's still gonna be a terrific stadium...reminds me a bit of Estadio Azteca...

[TigroZavr]

The new stadium is built at the site of legendary Kirov Stadium. In 2006, it was a farewell match, that's the way tickets from him
The new stadium should solve the problem of a shortage of seats for the fans, the problem is especially acute in the matches against historical rivals: Spartak, CSKA, Dynamo Moscow, Lokomotiv and matches at the European arena, and construction sdvizhnoy roof eliminates the problem of climate! The new stadium should be a good platform for cultural and sports activities, as is done in Europe.
On a more add that the whole city is waiting for this stadium, it will give an impetus to the development not only Zenit, but for the whole of Russian football in particular!

[PaulFCB]

Yeah, the roof seems like a magical thing, the temperatures can be criminal thing for the players and the supporters.
Clearly sounds like nr. 1 E.E. Zone by far!
About the zone ( since S.P. is a big city ) which is in a better place Petrovski or the new one?

[TigroZavr]

I do not know how to look entrances to the stadium by car, and drew a road on foot. The new stadium will be located in a very beautiful place - at the very end of Krestovsky Island, where there are ponds, attractions and ...

[kanye]

this is under construction???

any photos???

[TigroZavr]

Recently re-construction!

New photos by slava_lomov: