Top 7 most expensive football stadiums in the world. Zenit Arena - in the top three
The new stadium of St. Petersburg "Zenith" will take its rightful place in the list of the most expensive arenas in the world.On Tuesday "Soviet sport" published. A worthy place in the rating was taken by the stadium "St. Petersburg", better known under its popular name - "Zenith Arena". One thing was surprising - the costs for the construction of this sports facility increased by more than 700% compared to the initial estimates.
On the same day, the construction department of St. Petersburg reported on the cadastral value of the stadium - 41.7 billion rubles. It is not known how the northern capital reached this amount, but independent international organizations came up with other figures. They summed up all-state contracts for the construction of the stadium,.
As a result, the amount of 47.9 billion rubles came out, which has already been paid under the contracts. However, some contracts have not yet been worked out to the end. Not fully paid for them. It is expected that the final amount will be spent on the construction of the Zenith Arena.
At the current rate, this is about 845 million dollars. However, the researchers did not become lazy and calculated the costs for each individual contract, converting the costs into dollars not today, but on the day of settlement under this contract. But the rate during the construction of the stadium grew from 27 rubles per dollar almost up to 80 rubles, then dropping to 60 rubles. As a result, in dollars, the final amount should be about 1.38 billion.
We decided to ask what place Zenit Arena will take in the list of the most expensive football stadiums on the planet. Please note that we are listing stadiums that are mostly used for football matches.
7. Emirates Stadium, England -$705.9 million
At the beginning of the 20th century, the London Arsenal thought about building a new stadium. The old Highbury ceased to suit the team - it was small and obsolete. As a result, in 2006, the Emirates stadium was opened, which became the third largest stadium in England - 60,432 people. Construction costs amounted to 390 million pounds, which in 2006 was approximately equal to 705.9 million dollars.
6. Olympic Stadium, England -$763 million
The "Olympic" stadium in London, as the name implies, was built for the 2012 Olympic Games. It hosted the opening and closing ceremonies, as well as athletics competitions. Capacity - 60 100 people. After the end of the Olympics, the city authorities for a long time could not decide the fate of the grandiose building. As a result, she went to the local Westham football club, which holds its home matches on it.
5. Fisht Stadium, Russia -$834 million
Fisht Stadium in the Russian city of Sochi was built in 2013 for the 2014 Winter Olympics. The cost of construction was 779 million dollars. However, after the end of the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games, the stadium was closed for reconstruction. It took another 3.3 billion rubles, or $55 million at the current exchange rate, to adapt the facility to host football matches of the 2018 World Cup. As a result, the total cost of the stadium was about 34 million dollars. It is not yet known how the stadium will be used after the end of the 2018 World Cup, because there is no professional football team in Sochi.
4. National Stadium, Brazil -$900 million
The stadium in the capital of Brazil, the city of Brasilia, which was decided to give the name "National", was built for the 2014 World Cup. The cost of building the arena was about $900 million. This caused a wave of indignation on the part of local residents. They considered it superfluous to build such a large and expensive arena in a city where no one needs it. In Brazil, a local team of the same name plays in the second league and does not claim titles.
3. St. Petersburg Stadium, Russia -$1.37 billion
The St. Petersburg stadium, which is being built in the city on Neves 2006, is well known to all of us. From the initial estimated cost of 6 billion rubles, the price tag jumped to the final 50 billion. The construction took more than 10 years. But Zenit will have at its disposal the most modern football stadium in Europe, if not in the world. This arena will host matches of the 2017 Confederations Cup, the 2018 World Cup, and the 2020 European Championship. Capacity - 67,800 people
2. Stadium "KingFinal Arena", Canada -$1.44 billion
Previously, this stadium was called "Olympic". It was built in Montreal for the 1976 Olympics. In 2012, the obsolete structure was closed for reconstruction, which was completed in 2015 and cost the Canadian budget $1.44 billion. The new stadium was named KingFinal Arena. It hosts the home matches of the Canadian national football team, as well as the most important games of the Canadian Football League. Capacity - 61,004 people.
1. Wembley Stadium, England$1.59 billion
The most expensive football stadium on the planet continues to be London's Wembley, which opened after a long renovation in 2007. This giant can accommodate 90,000 spectators. It is here that the England football team plays its home matches. In 2017, London's Tottenham will play here while the arena of this team is closed for reconstruction. The cost of the reconstruction of Wembley, which was essentially the construction of a new stadium on the old site with the preservation of one historical wall, cost the English budget 798 million pounds. At the exchange rate for that year, it was about $1.59 billion. However, this amount included the reconstruction of several neighborhoods adjacent to the stadium - a condition of the city. So we are unlikely to ever know the real cost of building a stadium as a separate structure.
source: "Soviet Sport"
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The Gazprom Arena stadium in St. Petersburg, better known as the Zenit Arena, was officially opened in 2016. The main architect of the building is the Japanese Kisho Kurokawa.
They could not decide on the name of the sports facility for a long time, at first they wanted to call it the Krestovsky stadium (after the name of the island where it is located), then more popular ones appeared - the Zenit Arena and the St. Petersburg stadium. The final version - Gazprom Arena - was chosen only in December 2018 - 11 years after the start of construction. Over the years, residents of the Northern capital and tourists have gotten used to calling the stadium in their own way, so today you can hear different versions of the name.
Even before the opening of the Gazprom Arena, it became famous as the most expensive stadium in Russia. Indeed, a fabulous sum was spent on the construction of the object. According to various sources, the cost of the Zenith Arena is more than 1 billion dollars. Over the years of construction, the stadium has earned the notoriety of the main long-term construction of the country, the cost of which has only increased every year. However, in preparation for the 2018 World Cup, the lease was completed.
Characteristics of the stadium "Gazprom Arena":
- Capacity - up to 68,000 people;
- The area of all premises is 287.68 thousand square meters. meters;
- Height - 9 floors (75 meters), including pylons - 110 meters;
- The area of the football field is 9,840 sq. meters.
Today Gazprom Arena is one of the best venues in the city, which is suitable for both sports and music events. The retractable roof of the stadium allows the facility to be used in any weather. The infrastructure of the building makes it possible to organize events of any scale. It offers tenants premises of various sizes, a catering service, a playground and experienced staff.
The most significant events stadium "Gazprom Arena" in St. Petersburg:
- Football tournament "Confederations Cup - 2017",
- FIFA World Cup - 2018.
In 2019, the arena hosts UEFA Europa League matches. Of the musical events, the most memorable was the concert of the Leningrad group at the Gazprom Arena, held in October 2018.
Schedule of matches of the stadium "Gazprom Arena"
Sports competitions of various levels are held at the stadium all year round. Of course, the most striking event was the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Today, Gazprom Arena is the base of FC Zenit — home matches of the most popular and beloved football team in St. Petersburg are held here. In winter, ice hockey competitions are held in the arena. The calendar of games for the 2018/2019 season is available on the Gazprom Arena official website.
Scheme "Zenith Arena"
The construction of the stadium "Zenith-Arena" is the longest event in Russian football. The long-term construction began in 2007 and has not been completed so far, the deadlines for the completion of the facility are constantly being postponed, and the cost is growing day by day. Encouraging statements by contractors and managers about the construction of the stadium regularly appear in the newspapers.
“Zenith” has already been waiting for a new arena, but the players cannot influence the speed of the erection. So, fast forward ten years ago, when the idea of building a new stadium first appeared.
2005 year
In March 2005, information appeared that the Kirov Arena on Krestovsky Island would be demolished, and the construction of the stadium would begin from scratch in its place. “Zenith” was then still far from the UEFA Cup and the Hulk in the composition. Management announced that the new arena will cost one hundred and fifty million dollars, and the capacity will be 50,000 spectators.
Already in April, the concept of the future stadium appeared. The foundation was Old Trafford. This idea was later criticized by Demit Momot, who considered the open stadium unsuitable for the Russian climate. Six months later, management announced that the construction of the Zenit Arena stadium was already worth $250 million.
2006
In January, the construction organizers promised to commission the Gazprom Arena (as they planned to call the stadium) by 2009. Even then, analysts predicted repeated postponements. In April, the vice-governor of St. Petersburg promised that the construction of the Zenit Arena stadium would start at the end of this year.
In the summer of 2006, the arena project was presented, which was developed by a Japanese company. The structure was to receive a roof in the form of a spaceship with the possibility of heating. The cost of the project was $225 million. At the end of the year, a builder was identified. They became the company OOO "SINTEZ-SUI", which promised to build the stadium "Zenit-Arena" for 6.7 billion rubles.
2007
In March, Valentina Matvienko announced that the construction would be completed by the end and the team would spend the next season at the new stadium. A month later, the governor of St. Petersburg said that the stadium "Zenith-Arena" will receive a retractable field, which is worth the extra money. In September, the lieutenant governor issued a statement indicating that construction was ahead of schedule. He promised that in December 2008 the arena would be ready.
2008
In March, he announced that the construction of a new stadium could rise in price. Gazprom was involved for additional investments. A month later, Alexander Dyukov made it clear that in 2009 he would not see the new stadium of FC Zenit. The deadline has been pushed back to 2010. In addition, the cost of construction has now amounted to 13-14 billion rubles.
In the middle of summer there was another rise in price of the stadium "Zenit-Arena". Now the price was a whopping 23.7 billion rubles. The management promised that the capacity would be 62,000 people. At the end of the year, it was announced that the Inzhtransstroy company, which signed a contract for 13.2 billion rubles, would take over the construction.
year 2009
In April, information appears in the media that in 2010 the famous Metallica will perform at the opening of the stadium. In December, the arena under construction was inspected, and it was found that it did not meet FIFA requirements. There were complaints about the location of the stands and the premises under the stands.
2010
In February 2010, it was decided to make the stadium more spacious (67,000), which affected its cost. Due to budget adjustments in April, the construction time is again increasing. Because of this, the cost rises again. At the end of the year, the president of Zenit announced the completion of the redesign of the arena. The new capacity will be 68,000 people.
2011
In January, Glavgosexpertiza orders to dismantle the roof of the arena, which has already been built, which leads to additional costs and postponement of deadlines. Now the total cost of construction is already cosmic 33 billion rubles. In October, the roof was again demolished, which the customer did not like. In November, the delivery of the finished arena is scheduled for 2013. The cost has increased to 40 billion rubles.
year 2013
At the beginning of the year, it was published that the stadium was 34.4% ready. In February, an investigative committee begins investigating a fraud case related to the construction of the arena. The case involves the first contractor and the amount of 500 million rubles.
In March, the construction management promises to hand over the arena in the summer of 2016. In the summer, it turns out that the construction of the Zenit Arena stadium, which will host matches at the 2018 World Cup at home, is only 35% completed.
year 2014
In April, the exact date of delivery of the object was set - June 15, 2016. The vice-governor ruled out an increase in the cost and named a figure of 34.9 billion rubles.
2015
In March, the case of embezzlement of 145 million rubles was closed. The reason is the expiration of the statute of limitations. In November, it was announced that Zenit would play their first match at the new arena in September 2016. A month later, the date was again moved to December.
2016
In February, the contractor asks to increase the amount of construction to 35.3 billion rubles. In the summer, 144.5 million rubles, which were intended for the installation of a video board, disappear. There was information that the workers do not receive wages. On July 13, according to the general contractor, an attempted raider seizure took place. He did not rule out that in this way the city administration is trying to delay the completion of the facility.
From 1950 to 2006 in St. Petersburg on Krestovsky Island there was a stadium named after. Kirov. It was one of the largest stadiums in the world - it was the largest in the entire Soviet Union, Russia and Europe.
The last official match on that field was played on July 6, 2006, and by the end of 2006 the stadium was dismantled in order to begin construction of a new and almost the most expensive stadium in the world on the same site. The project budget is approximately equal to 35 billion rubles.
And the construction began...
During 2007, the pile field was completed and earthworks were fully completed. In 2008, the project was ready, it passed the state examination, but due to various conflicts, construction was stopped.
In December 2008, construction work was resumed. But already in December 2009, after checking the stadium project for compliance with FIFA requirements, it turned out that, according to a number of criteria, the stadium already under construction does not meet these standards. The main complaints were made about the configuration of the stands (ensuring comfortable visibility, the location of hatches) and the layout of the premises under the stands, which were divided by thick walls into small compartments. Halls and open spaces inside were practically absent. To correct the identified shortcomings in April 2010, a new general designer, Mosproekt-4, was involved, having extensive experience in the design of sports facilities (for example, the Lokomotiv stadium in Moscow).
The layout of the premises under the stands, the configuration of the stands were brought in accordance with the FIFA requirements for stadiums of this level. Large halls and free spaces appeared, places were found for placing additional cafes, bars at all levels of the stadium. In connection with the changes, construction was again stopped in December 2009 and resumed in full in August 2010.
Since 2008, construction has been carried out by Inzhtransstroy, which is part of the structure of Transstroy.
The new stadium will host World Cup matches in 2018. Including the semi-finals. The final match will take place in Luzhniki. It is planned that by the time the construction works are completed, the stadium will become one of the most technologically advanced and perfect sports facilities in Europe. There will be no athletics tracks on it and it will be intended only for football matches.
Let's take a look at this marvel of engineering. I will reveal several technical solutions at once, which are worth focusing on:
- roll-out football field;
- a huge reinforced concrete bridge with a span of 100 meters on which the tribune is located;
- retractable roof
And the stoppage of construction went only to the benefit. During this time, the pile field has stabilized and now it no longer gives sediment. There is another story connected with him. The fact is that the first general contractor ("Avant") overdid it a little with piles, and they turned out to be more than necessary. As a result, the bearing capacity of the field turned out to be twice as much as it was planned for the project. There, in general, a dark story happened with them ... But then, when the project was changed, it played into the hands - the new stadium project and all the changes fit perfectly into the limits of weights and loads. Only it was necessary to strengthen the grillages under the stadium bowl.
Well, enough introductions, it's time to watch!
Beautiful view from the Primorsky district. The stadium itself resembles a flying saucer. By the way, it has a specially aerodynamic shape, since here it was especially necessary to take into account wind loads.
The Krestovsky stadium will be the main football fortress of the northern capital during the 2018 World Cup. There has long been a lot of talk and debate on this subject, because the stadium was originally planned to be named the same as the city. In addition to these names, and the Zenit Arena, there were several more variants of names, among which Gazprom Arena and Putin Arena most often appeared. But the choice fell on the first option, although in some sources this arena is called the St. Petersburg arena. In general, there is some confusion.
General information about the stadium
The name of the stadium is one thing, and its commissioning is another. The construction of the arena began back in 2007, and only this year the arena was finally prepared for the Confederations Cup and the World Championship. Over the past 10 years, the final date for the completion of the reconstruction of the Kirov Stadium, with the subsequent creation of a high-tech and ultra-modern arena in its place, has changed about 35 times, which in itself already looks strange. At first there was talk that the team from the banks of the Neva would play its first fight in 2009, after which continuous transfers began. All this led to the fact that he held his first meeting at Zenit on the new arena only in 2017 - in the game against Ural on April 22, which, as you know, ended in scandal.
The author of the project and features of his creation
I would like to single out the author of the project, who was an architect from Japan - Kisho Kurokawa. His idea was the embodiment of the most advanced technologies within the same arena. And, apparently, his desire was fully embodied in the creation, because the main difference between the Krestovsky Arena and other World Cup stadiums is the presence of transformable parts of the structure, roof and field.
It is worth noting that the roof of the stadium will be closed during World Cup matches. Even if these same precipitations are not the most abundant. A special pipe system is built into the roof, which will be ready to act as a kind of pillow, that is, to fill parts of the canopy with warm air for the sake of an accelerated process of the same snow melting, followed by draining the water. Powerful air currents, as expected, will also "disperse" the rain.
Problems with the construction of the stadium
Perhaps the problems with the construction of a football arena in the northern capital have long become part of folklore. However, even after the stadium was put into operation, there were many reasons for memes and jokes. The main one lies in the disgusting state of the field, which forced Zenit to move one of their home matches to the Petrovsky stadium (the game with Krasnodar).
Everyone who watched the game "Zenith" - "Terek" (0:1) live or on TV on May 7 had no doubts that playing on such a lawn was at least uncomfortable, and at most dangerous for the health of football players. With banal passes from the bottom, the ball of the players bounced on bumps, and pieces of turf constantly soared into the air after rolls and falls of the participants in the game.
At the time of writing the article, a new lawn had already been laid on Krestovsky, and now its firmware is underway. By June 11-12, everything should be finished, although it is possible that the stadium will be finished a few days earlier. Do not forget that the St. Petersburg arena will host the games Cameroon - Australia (June 22), New Zealand - Portugal (June 24), as well as the Confederations Cup final - July 2.
Not a single field
In the debut game for Krestovsky, Zenit - Ural, due to an unexpected snowfall, it was decided to leave it closed, after which it became clear that it was leaking in places. On the side of the fan turn, water began to drip, and in the rooms under the stands, this problem was dealt with with the help of plastic buckets.
The problems at the stadium did not end there. Before the match with Terek, the Blue-White-Blues had problems getting to Krestovsky Island due to traffic jams. In addition, there were shortages of hot water in the locker room of the hosts. During the meeting with Grozny residents, the spectators of the meeting also complained about the comfort, according to which an icy wind was blowing through the stadium.
Arena cost
Constant changes in the cost of the Krestovsky stadium make it almost impossible to accurately calculate the amount spent on construction. But we can say that this is not the most expensive arena in the world, as many believe. According to unofficial information, the cost of the stadium is estimated at 39.2 billion rubles, but, of course, much more was spent on this building.
How to get to the stadium?
As for the location of the arena, the Krestovsky stadium is located on the site of the former arena named after S.M. Kirov, in the western part of Krestovsky Island. We can already say with confidence that the place was chosen very successfully, and the local infrastructure and transport interchange reached a relatively new level already in 2016.
The best way to get to the new stadium in St. Petersburg is by metro. The nearest metro station is Krestovsky Ostrov, which is a purple metro line. From the station "Mezhdunarodnaya" to "Krestovsky Island" about 30 minutes. Buses are available. Buses on routes 10, 14, 25 and 25A will take you to the stadium.
