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Visit to Otkrytiye Arena Stadium

Vladimir Putin visited the newly built Otkrytiye Arena Stadium, the Spartak Moscow football club’s first ever home stadium. Otkrytiye Arena Stadium will host the Confederation Cup matches, and in 2018 will be one of the host stadiums for the FIFA World Cup.

August 27, 2014
16:35
Moscow
Visiting Spartak football club’s new stadium, Otkrytiye Arena, which, as well as hosting the Moscow football team’s matches, will also be a venue for FIFA World Cup matches in 2018.
At Spartak football club’s new stadium, Otkrytiye Arena. Talking with club managers and veterans. The meeting took place at the edge of the field, next to a sculptural work honouring the Starostin brothers, Spartak’s founders.
At Spartak football club’s new stadium, Otkrytiye Arena. Talking with club managers and veterans.
Visiting the new Otkrytiye Arena stadium. With children studying at the Spartak Children’s Football Academy.
Visiting the new Otkrytiye Arena stadium. With children studying at the Spartak Children’s Football Academy. Vladimir Putin signed a football and had his photo taken with the young players.
Visiting the new Otkrytiye Arena stadium. Vladimir Putin inspected via video linkup stadiums being readied for the World Cup in Moscow, St Petersburg and Saransk.

The President was welcomed to the stadium by FC Spartak’s heads and club veterans. Mr Putin congratulated everyone on the stadium’s opening and had a tour of the stands and the inside facilities.

The President then watched a training session of young footballers studying at the Spartak Children’s Football Academy. The students asked Mr Putin to sign a football and have his photograph taken with them.

The President also inspected via video linkup several other stadiums that are being readied for the FIFA World Cup: Luzhniki in Moscow, Zenit Arena in St Petersburg, and Yubileiny in Saransk.

During the visit to the stadium, Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko Mutko Vitaly Mutko VitalyGeneral Director of DOM.RF updated the President on the state of progress in construction of football stadiums in Nizhny Novgorod, Yekaterinburg, Samara and Kaliningrad.

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Publication date: August 27, 2014, 16:35

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