A little about the construction of the Zenith Arena
Initially, the construction of 6.7 billion rubles was to be carried out at the expense of Gazprom, but later the media reported that the stadium will be built at the expense of the city budget and that the construction will cost 14 billion rubles.
In August 2008, the estimated cost of 23.7 billion rubles was announced and information was announced that St. Petersburg would refuse to finance the Okhta Center in favor of the stadium.
On November 21, 2011, the publication Kommersant reported that as a result of modifications to the project in accordance with the requirements of FIFA and UEFA, including a change in the capacity of the stadium from 62,000 to 69,000 fans (about 7,000 due to the installation of temporary stands) and the development of a new dome design for Warming up the stadium, the estimate of the stadium can grow to 40 billion rubles.
On October 18, 2012, the authorities of St. Petersburg submitted for the approval of Glavgosexpertiza the updated estimate of the construction of the St. Petersburg Arena in 43.8 billion rubles (at that time about 1.4 billion US dollars) - this is much less than the stadiums of the Luzhniki Stadium "In Moscow," Fisht "in Adler and" Wembley "in London, but much more than the Allianstadium.
And finally. June 19, 2017, the vice-governor of St. Petersburg Igor Albin said that the final cost of the stadium was 43 billion rubles, or 760 million dollars at the moment.
Left poster:
Zenit Arena KFK "Ponamarevo"
Right poster:
Zenit Arena KFK "Ponamarevo
Built in five days!
For construction, 41 thousand rubles or 700 US dollars were spent
During the construction not a single ruble was stolen or "sawn"
source joyreactor
