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Along with the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, the . enue for the final, the
EkaterinburgArenais the only one of the 12 tournamentstadiums not to have
been builtfrom scratch.
ans on th e back rows must have a headfor   heights and
willprobablyneedbinoculars to see the playersEgypt and Uruguay fans
foundthemselveswatchingtheiropening match of the 2018 World Cupunder
open skies at  either end of the stadium, as Russia’seasternmost venue
hostedits first game.
The stadium, whichopenedin 1957, wasaprotectedlandmark and
itshistoricalfacade – repletewithcolumns , bas-reliefs and stuccodetails in the
Soviet, neoclassical style – had to bepreserved. The Moscow-
based   architectural   firmwhichdevised the plan has essentiallybuilt a new
stadium inside the existingwalls and added stands thatcanberemovedafter
the tournament.
When the tournamentis over, the arenawillbereduced to a capacity of
23,000 seats and serve as the home ground of local side FC
UralYekaterinburg.
The arenawillalso host matches in Groups F and FI, plus a Group C clash
between France and Peru on June 21.