Central Stadium (Yekaterinburg)

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Yekaterinburg Central Stadium
Main facade (2019)
Main facade (2019)
Data
place Ulitsa Repina 5 620028 Yekaterinburg , Sverdlovsk Oblast , Russia
RussiaRussia
Coordinates 56 ° 49 '56.7 "  N , 60 ° 34' 24.3"  E Coordinates: 56 ° 49 '56.7 "  N , 60 ° 34' 24.3"  E
opening 1957
First game April 1, 2018
Ural Yekaterinburg - Rubin Kazan 1: 1
Renovations 2011, 2015–2018
surface Natural grass
architect ABD Architect
PI Arena (2015-2018)
capacity 35,696 seats
playing area 105 × 68 m
Societies)
Events

The Central Stadium ( Russian Центральный стадион ; since June 2018 Ekaterinburg Arena) is a football stadium in the Russian city ​​of Yekaterinburg (from 1924 to 1991 Sverdlovsk) and is located on Repin Street. It has space for 35,696 spectators and is used as the home ground of the Ural Yekaterinburg football club . This is one of the oldest clubs in the country. The facility in Yekaterinburg was one of the venues for the 2018 World Cup .

history

Before the construction of the central stadium from 1900, there was a cycling track , the Velodrom, on the site . Then from 1928 the regional stadium and from 1936 the Metallurg des Ostens stadium .

The old central stadium was built from 1953 to 1957. It served, among other things, as a venue for four winter spartakiads of the Soviet Union and for the speed skating all-around world championship for women in 1959. Since it was built, the stadium has been rebuilt several times. B. modernized from 2006 to 2010. The facade of the stadium was retained with each renovation . The stadium was built in the neoclassicism typical of the Soviet Union . The grand opening after the renovation took place on August 19, 2011.

The central stadium was completely rebuilt between 2015 and 2018 for the 2018 World Cup. The new roof construction is reminiscent of the Estádio Nacional de Brasília Mané Garrincha , the 2014 World Cup stadium in Brasília . The historical facade was preserved. The most striking feature are the additional steel stands behind the goals, which protrude far out of the stadium and are located in the open air. A concept that was implemented at the Arena Corinthians in São Paulo for the 2014 World Cup . After the World Cup tournament, the stadium's capacity will be reduced for use by the Ural Yekaterinburg Association.

On April 1, 2018, Ural Yekaterinburg received Rubin Kazan on matchday 24 for a league game in the converted central stadium. In front of 18,218 spectators, the two teams parted with a 1-1 draw. The event went smoothly and without any problems.

Games of the 2018 World Cup in Yekaterinburg

The stadium was the venue for the 2018 World Cup . There were four games in the group stage.

date group team team Result spectator
June 15, 2018 Group A EgyptEgypt Egypt UruguayUruguay Uruguay 0: 1 (0: 0) 27,015
June 21, 2018 Group C FranceFrance France PeruPeru Peru 1: 0 (1: 0) 32,789
June 24, 2018 Group H. JapanJapan Japan SenegalSenegal Senegal 2: 2 (1: 1) 32,572
June 27, 2018 Group F. MexicoMexico Mexico SwedenSweden Sweden 0: 3 (0: 0) 33,061

Services

The following services are offered to fans in the stadium:

  • The navigation and informative support of volunteers,
  • Information (the place for the registration of children, the storage place for prams, the lost property office),
  • Luggage storage,
  • Audio descriptive commentary for visually impaired fans.

The stadium offers armchairs in special sizes for overweight visitors. For people with disabilities, special overview zones are provided in the stands, where there is space for wheelchairs and accompanying persons.

Conditions for visitors with disabilities

The stadium has a section for people with disabilities, located under the roof and separated from the rest of the seats by handrails and glass. All seats are specially adapted for people in wheelchairs: All seats are one and a half meters apart.

gallery

  • Velodrome Yekaterinburg (1913)

  • The central stadium before the renovation (2013)

  • Stadium construction site in July 2017

  • Yekaterinburg Central Stadium at night (2018)

and display information about the image
Stadium panorama with open-air grandstands protruding from the side of the stadium (during the game Egypt - Uruguay)

Web links

Commons : Yekaterinburg Central Stadium  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ de.fifa.com: Yekaterinburg Arena
  2. ↑ derstandard.at: World Cup stadium with stands outside the arena
  3. ↑ stadiumdb.com: Tsentralnyj Stadion Yekaterinburg (English)
  4. ↑ weltfussball.de: FC Ural - Rubin Kazan 1: 1 , accessed on July 24, 2019.
  5. ↑ weltfussball.de: Successful World Cup test for the Yekaterinburg stadium Article from April 1, 2018