Nizhny Novgorod Stadium: FC Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod
The Nizhny Novgorod Stadium is one of several Russian stadiums that has been built especially for the FIFA World Cup, which will be hosted in the country in the summer of 2018. Unlike some of the other grounds, this one is not an old stadium that is being re-built but is being constructed from scratch. At this stage the information we have about the ground is limited, so we’ll do the best we can and then update this guide once we know more.
One thing we do know is that the stadium will be the home of FC Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod once the World Cup is over. The team was originally set up as a feeder club for FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod but when they were dissolved in 2016 Olimpiyets became the biggest club in the city of Nizhny Novgorod. The other thing we can say with certainty is the ground will host six matches at the World Cup, including one of the Last 16 games and a quarter-final.
Stats
Nizhny Novgorod Stadium Stats | |
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Year Opened | 2017 |
Capacity | 44899 |
Average Attendance | 43150 |
Record Attendance | 43319 (England v Panama (2018)) |
Pitch Size | 105 x 68 (7140) |
Nickname | Nizhny Novgorod |
Owner | Russian Government |
Clubs Hosted | FC Olimpiyets Nizhny Novgorod |
First Fixture | Sweden v South Korea (18/06/18) |
Nizhny Novgorod Stadium Photos
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Nizhny Novgorod Stadium Seating Plan and Where to Sit
Nizhny Novgorod Stadium will have enough room for just shy of 45,000 spectators, of which more than nine hundred will be made available to people of limited mobility as well as their helpers. The supporters will be seated over two tiers, with the upper one being larger than the lower. The idea is that the ground will have a swirling bowl design to it.
Getting To Nizhny Novgorod Stadium
Train – It would take you more than two days to get to the city of Nizhny Novgorod by train, so you’ll almost certainly want to take a different route there. Once in the city you’ll want to head to the Strelka Metro Station, which is part of the Nizhny Novgorod Metro and is the closest to the ground.
Bus – Buses 41, 52, 57, 66 and 69 all stop within walking distance of the stadium.
Car – The R159 is the closest main road to the ground. If you want more specific instructions then you’d do well to get yourself a sat-nav or use the app built into your phone.
By Air – Nizhny Novgorod International Airport is less than twenty miles from the centre of the city, so that’s where you’ll be heading to if you’re flying in to watch a match.
Taxi – It will take a taxi about fifteen minutes to drive from the centre of Nizhny Novgorod to the stadium and it will set you back something in the region of 150 Rubles.
Parking Near Nizhny Novgorod Stadium
There are numerous areas to park close to the stadium, including at a shopping centre over the road from it.
Useful Resources
Nizhny Novgorod Stadium Hotels
Marins Park Hotel - £30+
Nikitin Hotel - £50+
Alexandrovsky Garden Hotel - £60+
Pubs and Bars Near Nizhny Novgorod Stadium
Sports Bar
Champs Sports Bar
Kraken Bar
Hospitality
The design of the stadium features enough room for two levels of sky boxes, which isn’t all that surprising considering how much of a value FIFA put on their corporate niceties.
Private Hire
Stadiums are expensive things to build, so clubs and companies try to find numerous ways to make money back from them. One of those ways is to hire out the hospitality sections etc. to companies and private people who might want to use them for events. It’s likely that that will be the case at Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, so we’ll confirm that once we know.
Stadium Tours & Museum
Obviously the ground hasn’t opened yet so there’s no information about tours.
Nizhny Novgorod Stadium History
Given that the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium hasn’t even opened its doors at the time of writing, it would be entirely fair to say that its history has yet to be written. What we can tell you is that OAO Stroytransgaz was the company originally chosen by the Ministry of Sport of the Russian Federation to construct the stadium in a deal worth over sixteen and a half billion Rubles. The work began in 2015, with basic things like excavations and pile installations being the first stuff to get done. The following year the work progressed to building all of the floors of the new ground and by the end of the year about half of the entire work was completed.
The hope was that the stadium would be completed by the end of 2017, so the steel structures and he majority of the concrete was done in the early parts of the year. Perhaps the most important thing in any football ground is the pitch, so you might be interested to know that the first seeds of the field were sown in July of 2017. In September some polymer threads were added to the lawn to progress its development. Though not part of the stadium itself, another part of the infrastructure of the local area includes the building of a new Metro station nearby. Strelka Metro Station was more than half completed by the start of 2017 and will serve visitors to the ground.
Future Developments
At the time of writing the stadium isn’t even fully built, so the major development in the future will be the completion of the new ground.