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Kaliningrad Stadium (Russian: Стадион Калининград), known for sponsorship reasons as the Rostec Arena (Russian: Ростех Арена) since August 2023, is a football stadium on Oktyabrsky Island, Kaliningrad, Russia, which hosted four games of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Kaliningrad Stadium is located just west of central Kaliningrad on Oktyabrsky Island in the Pregolya river. It lies less than 2 kilometres, or 20 minutes walking, from Konigsberg Cathedral, one of Kaliningrad’s major landmarks.
Kaliningrad Stadium was built ahead of the 2018 World Cup, opening just months before the tournament was due to get underway. It was intended to replace Baltika Stadium, the home of FC Baltika Kaliningrad. It had over 35,000 seats for the World Cup and was reduced to 25,000 in the wake of the competition in.
Mar 23, 2018 · Location The new stadium was built on October Island, right in the heart of Kaliningrad. Having World Cup games in the city was the perfect excuse for local authorities to renovate the...
Oct 8, 2015 · Legacy After Russia 2018, FC Baltika Kaliningrad will play its home games at the stadium. Fact file Host City: Kaliningrad Project: New stadium Capacity: 33,973 Location: Oktyabrsky Island...
Jun 11, 2018 · The westernmost host city for the tournament, Kaliningrad is a Russian exclave squeezed between Lithuania and Poland. As six of the eight teams playing there are from Europe, many visiting fans...
Kaliningrad Stadium, known for sponsorship reasons as the Rostec Arena since August 2023, is a football stadium on Oktyabrsky Island, Kaliningrad, Russia, which hosted four games of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. It hosts FC Baltika Kaliningrad of the Russian Premier League, replacing Baltika Stadium.
