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World Cup organizers faced a challenge to reach the required 35,000-
capacity ” at Ekaterinburg Arena
Ekaterinburg Arena means a lot to the Russian people, but FIFA doesn’t
care. FIFA wants a 35,000- capacity stadium for its World Cup matches,
and it doesn’t care how they get it . So Russia ‘enovated Ekaterinburg with
an additional 12,000 : eats set on 149-foot tall temporary bleachers that
sick* outside of the stadium itself.
The enormous temporary stand at the World Cup stadium in Ekaterinburg –
the most easterly host city at Russia 2018 – has finally been completed.
FIFA regulations state that each World Cup venue must have a minimum
capacity of 35,000, something that was proving an issue for the home of
Russian Premier League side Ural Yekaterinburg.
With Russian president Vladimir Putin admitting construction
was behind schedule last year , the planned full- scale renovation of the
stadium wasn’t possible.
So the organizers came up with the novel solution of building a
huge temporary stand that extended out beyond the limits of the stadium.
This temporary stand, plus a smaller one at the opposite end,
successfully raised the stadium s capacity to 35,000.
Construction workers built a huge web of metal scaffolding and
then installed bright orange seats on top, ensuring that spectators at the top
had a full view of the pitch.
The stadium only held 23,000 spectators and ! renovation was impossible
with time quickly running out And given that the top of the stand
i slevel with the 45.5- metre roof of the stadium, it’s definitely not one for
vertigo sufferers.
The Ekaterinburg Arena , located in a city some 881 miles east of Moscow,
wil stage four group l matches during the tournament – Egypt vs Uruguay,
France vs Peru , Japan vs Senegal and Mexico vs Sweden.