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Gazprom Arena
Sign in to saveAlso known as Saint Petersburg Stadium, Saint Petersburg Arena, Saint-Petersburg Arena, Saint-Petersburg Stadium, Stadium Krestovsky, Krestovsky stadium Saint-Petersburg, Krestovsky stadium Saint Petersburg, Stadium Saint-Petersburg Arena
association football stadium in Saint Petersburg, Russia
Gazprom Arena is a football stadium located in Saint Petersburg, Russia, that serves as the home venue for the local professional soccer team. The stadium is significant as a major sports facility in the city and an important venue for domestic and international football matches.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- association football venue
- Country
- Russia
- Operator
- FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
- Sport
- association football
- Official website
- gazprom-arena.com
- Image
- Spb 06-2017 img40 Krestovsky Stadium (cropped).jpg
- Significant event
- 2018 FIFA World Cup
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- maximum capacity
- 80000
- Commons category
- Gazprom Arena
- occupant
- FC Zenit Saint Petersburg
- architect
- Kisho Kurokawa
- date of official opening
- 2017-03-31
- has facility
- security camera
- social media followers
- 3278
- surface played on
- lawn
- inception
- 2017-04-22
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Encyclopedic overview
Krestovsky Stadium, known as Gazprom Arena for sponsorship reasons (Russian: «Газпром Арена»), is a retractable roof stadium with a retractable pitch in the western portion of Krestovsky Island in Saint Petersburg, Russia, which serves as home for Zenit Saint Petersburg. The stadium was opened in 2017 for the FIFA Confederations Cup.
It is called Saint Petersburg Stadium during major international tournaments, including the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, 2018 FIFA World Cup, and UEFA Euro 2020.
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