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Zenit to run St. Petersburg stadium after 2018 WC

Xinhua, April 6, 2016 Adjust font size:

FC Zenit will run the football stadium currently being constructed on Krestovsky Island in St. Petersburg after the 2018 World Cup in Russia, the government announce on Tuesday.

Igor Albin, vice-governor of St. Petersburg, said in a statement, "The choice of the operating organization for the stadium will be made in the near future. There are some nuances in any case, and the transfer of the facility will be available to Zenit after the Confederations Cup and the World Cup."

Annual stadium operational costs are estimated at nearly 200 million rubles (2.8 million U.S. dollars) and the venue will also serve future cultural events coming to city.

Albin added that supplementary funding may be required for the construction of a security perimeter around the stadium, but is not expected to be costly. Currently the the total cost of the stadium is at 34.9 billion rubles (500 million U.S. dollars).

Zenit started the construction of the stadium on Krestovsky Island in 2007 on the site of the Kirov Stadium. The project was then sent back for revision after Russia' s successful bid for the 2018 World Cup and has currently met the provisions laid out by FIFA officials for the construction of the stadium. Endit