Fisht Olympic Stadium | ||
The stadium from outside during the 2014 Winter Olympics. | ||
Owners | Government of Russia (Olympstroy) | |
Opened | 2013 | |
Tenants | Russia national football team 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup 2018 FIFA World Cup | |
Capacity | 47,659 – FIFA mode 40,000 – Olympic mode |
Fisht Olympic Stadium (Russian: Олимпийский стадион «Фишт», Olimpiyskiy stadion "Fisht") is a stadium located in Sochi Olympic Park in Sochi, Russia. The stadium was built primarily for the 2014 Winter Olympics and 2014 Winter Paralympics, serving as the Olympic Stadium, as venue for their opening and closing ceremonies.
After the Olympic Games, the stadium will be used by the Russia national football team as a training centre and will be used as a match venue.
The stadium will be one of 4 venues for the upcoming 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, and will also serve as one of the 12 stadiums hosting matches at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
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Russia |
2018 FIFA World Cup stadiums |
Kaliningrad Stadium (Kaliningrad) · Krestovsky Stadium (Saint Petersburg) · Luzhniki Stadium (Moscow) · Otkrytiye Arena (Moscow) · Kazan Arena (Kazan) · Nizhny Novgorod Stadium (Nizhny Novgorod) · Cosmos Arena (Samara) · Volgograd Arena (Volgograd) · Mordovia Arena (Saransk) · Rostov Arena (Rostov-on-Don) · Fisht Olympic Stadium (Sochi) · Central Stadium (Yekaterinburg) |