Fisht Olympic Stadium

Fisht Olympic Stadium
Fisht Olympic Stadium in January 2018.
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Full nameFisht Olympic Stadium
LocationSochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia
Coordinates43°24′08″N 39°57′22″E / 43.4022667°N 39.9561111°E / 43.4022667; 39.9561111
OwnerGovernment of Russia (Olympstroy)
Capacity47,659 (Official)
44,287 (2018 FIFA World Cup)[3]
Field size105 x 68 m
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Broke ground2010
Built2011–2013
Opened2013[1]
Construction costUS $779 million
ArchitectPopulous,[2] Buro Happold
Tenants
PFC Sochi (2018–present)
Russia national football team (selected matches)
Russia national rugby union team (selected matches)

Fisht Olympic Stadium (Russian: Олимпийский стадион «Фишт», Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht) is an outdoor stadium in Sochi, Russia. Located in Sochi Olympic Park and named after Mount Fisht, the 40,000-capacity stadium was constructed for the 2014 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, where it served as the venue for their opening and closing ceremonies.

The stadium was originally built as an enclosed facility; it was re-opened in 2016 as an open-air football stadium, to host matches as part of the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup and 2018 FIFA World Cup when it was known simply as Fisht Stadium.[4]

  1. ^ "Fisht Olympic Stadium". Sochi2014.com. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Sochi 2014 Main Stadium". portfolio.populous.com.
  3. ^ "Fisht Stadium". FIFA. Archived from the original on 18 November 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Fisht Olympic Stadium". olympic.org. 1 November 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2020.