The new home arena of the Zenit football club will be built on the site of the S. M. Kirov stadium, located in the western part of Krestovsky Island.

From November 15, 2005 to August 23, 2006, on the initiative of the government of St. Petersburg, a competition was held for the best project for a new stadium. The expert commission gave preference to the “Spaceship” project by Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa.

The customer for the construction of the new stadium is the St. Petersburg Construction Committee. The general designer of the project is Kisho Kurokawa architects & associates. The general construction contractor is ZAO Engineering Corporation Transstroy.

The new project provides that 68 thousand spectators will be able to be in the arena at a time. The height of the seven-story building will be 56.6 meters, the area of ​​the football field will be 9840 square meters. The arena will be covered with a retractable roof, which will allow matches to be held in comfortable conditions (operating temperature - +15) in the winter season.

Top 7 most expensive football stadiums on the planet. Zenit Arena is in the top three

The new stadium of St. Petersburg Zenit will take its rightful place in the list of the most expensive arenas on the planet.

On Tuesday, Soviet Sport published. The St. Petersburg stadium, better known by its popular name, Zenit Arena, also took a worthy place in the ranking. One thing surprised me - the costs for the construction of this sports facility increased by more than 700% compared to initial estimates.

On the same day, the St. Petersburg Construction Department 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 to different figures. They summarized all-state contracts for the construction of the stadium.

As a result, the amount was 47.9 billion rubles, which had already been paid under the contracts. However, some contracts have not yet been fully worked out. They didn't pay for them completely. It is expected that the final amount will be spent on the construction of the Zenit Arena.

At the current exchange rate, this is about 845 million dollars. However, the researchers did not hesitate and calculated the expenses for each individual contract, converting the costs into dollars not for today, but for the day of settlement for this contract. But the exchange rate grew from 27 rubles per dollar during the construction of the stadium almost up to 80 rubles, then dropping to 60 rubles. As a result, the final amount in dollars should be about 1.38 billion.

We decided to ask what place Zenit Arena will occupy in the list of the most expensive football stadiums on the planet. Please note that we are listing stadiums that are primarily used for football matches.

7. Emirates Stadium, England –$705.9 million

At the beginning of the 20th century, London's Arsenal started thinking about building a new stadium. The old Highbury no longer suited the team - it was small and outdated. As a result, in 2006, a stadium called the Emirates was opened, which became the third largest stadium in England - 60,432 people. Construction costs amounted to 390 million pounds sterling, 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 suggests, 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 could not decide the fate of the grandiose building for a long time. As a result, it went to the local football club West Ham, which holds its home matches on it.

5. Fisht Stadium, Russia –$834 million

The Fisht Stadium in the Russian city of Sochi was built in 2013 for the 2014 Winter Olympics. The cost of construction was $779 million. However, after the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games, the stadium was closed for reconstruction. It took another 3.3 billion rubles, or 55 million dollars at the current exchange rate, to adapt the structure to host football matches of the 2018 World Cup. As a result, the total cost of the stadium was about $34 million. It is not yet known how the stadium will be used after 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 be named “National”, was built for the 2014 World Cup. The cost of constructing the arena was about $900 million. This caused a wave of indignation from local residents. They considered it unnecessary to build such a large and expensive arena in a city where no one needed it. In Brazil, there is a local team of the same name, which 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 in 2006, is well known to all of us. From the initial approximate cost of 6 billion rubles, the price tag jumped to a total of 50 billion. Construction lasted more than 10 years. But Zenit will have at its disposal the most modern football stadium in Europe, if not 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. KingFinal Arena, Canada –$1.44 billion

Previously, this stadium was called “Olympic”. It was built in Montreal for the 1976 Olympic Games. In 2012, the obsolete building 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 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 lengthy reconstruction in 2007. This giant seats 90,000 spectators. This is where the England national football team plays its home matches. In 2017, London's Tottenham will play here while the team's arena is closed for reconstruction. The cost of reconstruction of Wembley, which was essentially the construction of a new stadium on the old site while preserving one historical wall, cost the English budget 798 million pounds sterling. At the exchange rate for that year, this was about 1.59 billion dollars. However, this amount included the reconstruction of several blocks adjacent to the stadium - a condition of the city. So we are unlikely to ever know the real cost of constructing the stadium as a separate structure.

source: “Soviet Sport”

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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 35 billion rubles.

And construction began...

During 2007, the pile field was completed and the earthworks were completely 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 became clear that, according to a number of criteria, the stadium already under construction did 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 sub-tribune rooms, which were divided by thick walls into small compartments. There were practically no halls or open spaces inside. To correct the identified deficiencies, in April 2010, a new general designer was brought in - Mosproekt-4, which has extensive experience in designing sports facilities (for example, the Lokomotiv stadium in Moscow).

The layout of the premises under the stands and the configuration of the stands were brought in accordance with the FIFA requirements for stadiums of this level. Large halls and free spaces appeared, and places were found to accommodate additional cafes and bars at all levels of the stadium. Due to the changes being made, construction was stopped again in December 2009 and resumed in full in August 2010.

Since 2008, construction has been carried out by Inzhtransstroy, part of the Transstroy structure.

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 construction is completed, the stadium will become one of the most technologically advanced and sophisticated 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 engineering marvel. I will reveal several technical solutions that are worth focusing on:
- roll-out football field;
- a huge reinforced concrete bridge with a span of 100 meters on which the stand is located;
- sliding roof.

And stopping construction was only beneficial. During this time, the pile field has stabilized and now it no longer produces sediment. There is another story connected with him. The fact is that the first general contractor (Avant) overdid it a little with the piles, and there were more of them than necessary. As a result, the bearing capacity of the field turned out to be twice as large as planned according to the project. 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. It was only 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 wind loads especially had to be taken into account here.

The construction of the Zenit Arena stadium is the longest undertaking in Russian football. The long-term construction began in 2007 and has not yet been completed, the deadline for the completion of the project is constantly being postponed, and the cost is growing day by day. Encouraging statements from contractors and managers about the construction of the stadium regularly appear in the newspapers.

Zenit is already waiting for a new arena, but the players cannot influence the speed of construction in any way. So, let's 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 in its place the construction of a stadium would begin from scratch. Zenit was still far from the UEFA Cup and the Hulk in the lineup. Management announced that the new arena would cost one hundred and fifty million dollars and have a capacity of 50 thousand spectators.

Already in April, the concept of the future stadium appeared. The basis 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 already costs $250 million.

2006

In January, the organizers of the construction 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 construction of the Zenit Arena stadium would start at the end of this year.

In the summer of 2006, the arena project, which was developed by a Japanese company, was presented. The structure was supposed to have a roof in the shape of a spaceship with the possibility of heating. The project cost was $225 million. At the end of the year, a builder was identified. It was the company SINTEZ-SUI LLC, which promised to build the Zenit Arena stadium for 6.7 billion rubles.

2007

In March, Valentina Matvienko said that 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 Zenit Arena stadium would receive a retractable field, which would cost additional money. In September, the lieutenant governor gave a statement in which he indicated that construction was ahead of schedule. He promised that the arena would be ready in December 2008.

2008

In March he reported that the construction of a new stadium could become more expensive. Gazprom was brought in for additional investment. A month later, Alexander Dyukov made it clear that in 2009 he would not see the new stadium of FC Zenit. The deadline for delivery was presumably moved to 2010. In addition, the cost of construction now amounts to 13-14 billion rubles.

In the middle of summer there was another increase in the price of the Zenit Arena stadium. Now the price was a whopping 23.7 billion rubles. Management promised a capacity of 62,000 people. At the end of the year, it was announced that the construction would be carried out by the Inzhtransstroy company, which signed a contract for 13.2 billion rubles.

year 2009

In April, information appeared in the media that in 2010 the famous Metallica would 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 rooms under the stands.

2010

In February 2010, they decided to make the stadium more spacious (67,000), which affected its cost. Due to budget adjustments in April, construction timelines are increasing again. 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 the dismantling of the arena's already constructed roof, which leads to additional costs and postponement of completion. Now the total cost of construction is already a cosmic 33 billion rubles. In October, the roof was demolished again, which the customer did not like. In November, delivery of the finished arena is scheduled for 2013. The cost 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, the Investigative Committee begins to investigate a case of fraud 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 commission 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 home 2018 World Cup, is only 35% complete.

year 2014

In April, the exact date for the commissioning of the facility was set - June 15, 2016. The vice-governor ruled out an increase in the cost and named the figure at 34.9 billion rubles.

2015

In March, the case of the theft 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 the 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 construction amount to 35.3 billion rubles. In the summer, 144.5 million rubles are lost, which were intended for the installation of a video board. Information has emerged that workers are not receiving wages. On July 13, according to the general contractor, there was an attempted raider takeover. He did not rule out that in this way the city administration is trying to delay the completion of the facility.