World Cup 2018: Russian Cities hosting events

[+ WilliamM]

A sports event

 

 

Of the 12 venues used, the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow and the Saint Petersburg Stadium (the two largest stadiums in Russia) will be used most, with 7 matches being played at each of these stadiums.

 

Sochi, Kazan, Nizhny Novogrod and Samara will host 6 matches including one quarter-final match apiece, and the Otkrytiye Stadium in Moscow and Rostov-on-Don will host 5 matches apiece including one round of 16 match each.

 

Volgograd, Kaliningrad, Yekaterinburg and Saransk will host 4 matches each and none of these cities will host any knockout stage games.

 

Comment: Should be interesting, especially in the cities seldom visited by tourists.

Edited March 15, 2018 by WilliamM

[mike carey]

I wonder how many tourists will want to visit Königsberg or Stalingrad. Or how many will want to visit the site of the martyrdom of the tsar at Yekaterinburg.

[+ Avalon]

I love that the old names for many cities have been restored to their pre Communist names.

 

Now if they would just get rid of that Mausoleum and its corpse from Red Square!

[marylander1940]

I wonder how many tourists will want to visit Königsberg or Stalingrad. Or how many will want to visit the site of the martyrdom of the tsar at Yekaterinburg.

 

It's Volgograd now, and I'd love to go.

 

 

 

 

[+ Avalon]

Here's Kiev monument

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Motherland_Monument

[+ WilliamM]

The World Cup starts with Russia against Saudi Arabia on June 14 @ 11:00 EDT. Venue will probably be Moscow or St. Petersburg.

Can't wait.

[+ Avalon]

For those who may have an interest in Imperial Russia

 

https://royalrussia.news/

 

And LGBT history in Russia

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_history_in_Russia