Kaliningrad Stadium
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Kaliningrad Stadium (Russian: Стадион Калининград), known for sponsorship reasons as the Rostec Arena (Russian: Ростех Арена) since August 2023, is a football stadium on Oktyabrsky Island, Kaliningrad, Russia, which hosted four games of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[2] It hosts FC Baltika Kaliningrad of the Russian Premier League, replacing Baltika Stadium.[3]
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Ростех Арена | |
Former names | Kaliningrad Stadium |
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Location | Solnechnyy Bul'var, Kaliningrad, Russia |
Coordinates | 54°41′53″N 20°32′02″E |
Capacity | 35,016[1] |
Field size | 105 x 68 m |
Surface | Grass |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 2015 |
Built | 2016–2018 |
Opened | 12 May 2018 (2018-05-12) |
Construction cost | € 257 million |
Architect | Jean-Michel Wilmotte |
Tenants | |
FC Baltika Kaliningrad (2018–present) Russia national football team (selected matches) |
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Its project is based on the concept of the Allianz Arena, which hosted matches of the 2006 World Cup in Germany. The first match was played on 11 April 2018, a football match between FC Baltika and PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara.[4]