Ak Bars Arena


Ak Bars Arena is a stadium in Kazan, Russia. It was completed in July 2013, and hosts football matches, especially Rubin Kazan's home games in the Russian Premier League. The stadium has the largest outside screen in the world. Its capacity is around 45,379.

Overview

The architectural concept has been designed by Populous; according to lead designer Damon Lavelle, the stadium is a unique response to the local culture and place.
The general design stage: "TatInvestGrazhdanProekt", "Intex", "TsNIIpromzdany".
It replaced Central Stadium as Kazan's main football stadium.
The stadium hosted the 2013 Summer Universiade opening and closing ceremonies, and 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup.
The 16th FINA World Championships were held in Kazan, with some events held at the Arena. It saw twelve swimming records.
In the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the stadium hosted six matches, including the ones where three past champions were eliminated from the tournament.

2017 FIFA Confederations Cup

DateTimeTeam #1Res.Team #2RoundAttendance
18 June 201718:002–2Group A34,372
22 June 201721:001–1Group B38,222
24 June 201718:002–1Group A41,585
28 June 201721:000–0 Semi-finals40,855

2018 FIFA World Cup

DateTimeTeam #1Res.Team #2RoundAttendance
16 June 201813:002–1Group C41,279
20 June 201821:000–1Group B42,718
24 June 201821:000–3Group H42,873
27 June 201817:002–0Group F41,835
30 June 201817:004–3Round of 1642,873
6 July 201821:001–2Quarter-finals42,873

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