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Lokomotiv Stadium (Moscow)

Football stadium in Moscow, Russia

Summary

Football stadium in Moscow, Russia

Field	Value
name	RZD Arena
location	Moscow, Russia
coordinates
public_transit	Cherkizovskaya
Lokomotiv
broke_ground	2000
opened	5 July 2002
owner	Russian Railways
operator	Lokomotiv Moscow
surface	Grass
construction_cost	$150–170 million
architect	Dmitry Bush
former_names	Stalinets, Lokomotiv
tenants	FC Lokomotiv Moscow (2002–present)
Russia national football team (selected matches)
website
seating_capacity	27,320
dimensions	104m × 68m

Lokomotiv Russia national football team (selected matches)

RZD Arena () is a football stadium in Moscow, Russia. Formerly known as Lokomotiv Stadium, it is the home stadium of Lokomotiv Moscow and was the home ground of the Russian national team for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification matches. The stadium was reconstructed in 2002 and holds 27,084 people, all seated. The reconstruction of the stadium was funded by the Russian Transportation Ministry at a cost of $150–170 million.

History

Stalinets

In 1935, at the site where the Lokomotiv Stadium resides today, an electric workers union decided to build a stadium which was named "Stalinets" or "Stalinist Stadium". At the time, Stalinets held about 30,000 spectators.

Development of Lokomotiv Stadium

After holding several matches, Stalinets was demolished to make way for a more modern stadium. Thus, Lokomotiv stadium was built. It was opened on 17 August 1966 with a capacity of 30,000 people. However, in the mid-1990s the capacity of the stadium was reduced by 6,000 to 24,000, as the wooden benches were replaced by plastic seats.

The inaugural match played at Lokomotiv Stadium was between Lokomotiv Moscow and Dynamo Kiev. As years rolled on, Lokomotiv held several important matches such as Russian National team home matches, Lokomotiv matches and others. The stadium also played host to a European Cup Qualifier between FC Spartak Moscow and Swiss club FC Sion. The match finished 2-2; however, the Swiss club then had UEFA to measure the posts for compliance with international standards. Indeed, the size of the posts were shown to infringe international standards. Eventually, UEFA ordered a replay, which Spartak won 5-1.

Reconstruction

The Lokomotiv Moscow board felt that a new stadium would be the best option. The construction was backed by the Russian Transport Ministry. The new stadium held its first match on July 5, 2002.

On 5 August 2017, Lokomotiv announced that the stadium has been renamed to RZD Arena following a deal with Russian Railways.

Description

Lokomotiv was designed solely for football matches and thus has no running tracks. In all the stadium holds 30,000 people. Moreover, beside the stadium one can find the Minor Sports Arena Lokomotiv.

Concerts

Depeche Mode performed at the stadium on 22 June 2013 during their Delta Machine Tour.

References

Wikipedia Source

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