Mutko announced the need to allocate another 2 billion rubles for Zenit-Arena

At the new Zenit Arena stadium on Krestovsky Island in St. Petersburg, it will be necessary to allocate another 1.5–2 billion rubles. This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko, reports Fontanka .

As he explained, this money will go to adapt the stadium to FIFA requirements. Mutko admitted that now the stadium satisfies only the level of the internal championship.

“We need additional perimeters of safety, entrance areas for cars and buses, during the World Cup we must build sponsors pavilions, technical pavilions. This also requires resources. Still expand the press area, connect Wi-Fi. At least thirty cameras will be at the stadium to make a picture. Also requirements for maintenance of categories VIP. Various furniture, kitchen equipment. This is all that is not included in the public project, ”he said.

According to him, the FIFA, the Russian government and the authorities of the region will jointly allocate additional funds to the stadium.

On January 9, the publication reported that the authorities of St. Petersburg without a competition signed a contract with Metrostroy, the contractor of the construction of Zenit-Arena for the completion of the stadium, the amount of which amounted to 2 billion rubles. This money will go to the arrangement of the stadium access control zone and its preparation for the 2018 World Cup.

Earlier, on December 20, the authorities of St. Petersburg concluded a contract for 1 billion rubles for the completion of the stadium with Metrostroem.

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The contractor announced the completion of the construction of the stadium, which lasted since 2007, on December 26. The company later said that the deadline for commissioning the stadium was extended until March 31. On December 29, St. Petersburg Governor Georgy Poltavchenko announced that Zenit-Arena was allowed to put into operation.