Krestovsky Stadium

The Krestovsky Stadium, also called Zenit Arena, is a football stadium in the western portion of Krestovsky Island in Saint Petersburg, Russia, which is currently under construction. It will host the home matches of FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. The stadium was planned to be completed by December 2008, which was changed to late 2011. It is now proposed that the stadium is scheduled to open in 2017. The stadium will have a capacity of 68,134 people. It will be called Saint Petersburg Stadium during the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup and 2018 FIFA World Cup. Interestingly enough the construction that was initially supposed to end in March 2009 continues until now, with “some cosmetic changes to be finished soon”. As of right now the stadium is 518% late and 548% over budget.