The Krestovsky Stadium, also known as Gazprom Arena, is a retractable roof stadium with a retractable pitch in the western portion of Krestovsky Island in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Krestovsky Stadium, officially named Saint Petersburg Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is used predominantly for association football matches, hosting the home games of Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg, its owner.
Opened on 22 April 2017 with a Russian Premier League match between Zenit and Ural Yekaterinburg, it replaced the Kirov Stadium, which had a capacity of 110,000. The seating capacity of the new stadium is currently set at 67,800. The stadium was designed by Kisho Kurokawa and had a construction cost of $1.1 billion.
A UEFA category four stadium and one of the biggest stadiums by capacity in Europe (the biggest in Russia), Krestovsky Stadium hosted several matches of the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, 2018 FIFA World Cup, and the UEFA Euro 2020. It is also the venue for the 2021 final of the UEFA Champions League. In 2020, it was elected as the second most beautiful stadium in the world in an online poll by StadiumDB.com. As of its third anniversary, Krestovsky Stadium had welcomed more than 5 million spectators. The stadium is also one of the potential venues for the 2030 FIFA World Cup, which Russia may bid to host.
