It is clear that the shopping and entertainment area will take up a lot of space

Speaking of podtribunnyh rooms. It is clear that the shopping and entertainment area will take up a lot of space. Already now it is known that in the arena there will be a museum “Zenith” and a large company store. However, everything is like that of the top European clubs. In addition, the project provides supermarkets, restaurants, bars, stationary and mobile buffets.

Everything is done to attract people to the stands. For the match with the “Ural” was involved only 20.5 thousand seats, but for subsequent games the capacity of the stadium will increase. In general, the question of attendance is very interesting: How much will the new arena collect? How much more people on average will come to home matches in the next seasons? Our opinion on this topic with us kindly shared my good friend, an expert on the “Zenith” portal bobsoccer.ru Alexei Andrianov:

“…- Everything will depend on the price policy and the game” Zenith “. It is clear that the full house will collect matches with “Spartacus” and CSKA Moscow, as well as games for the conditional championship. But with “Amkar” and “Ufa” there will be no more than 20 thousand. Especially if prices for subscriptions and tickets do not change. … ”

But on the first game all tickets were sold, and 20.5 thousand people were able to visit the historic match of “Zenith” in the new stadium. And although the general director of the club Maxim Mitrofanov said that now there is no special joy from moving to the new stadium, since not all start-up works have been completed, the fans, in the majority, were satisfied. Petersburg has not seen such a high-tech arena, so I was very much looking forward to its opening. The fans adjusted to a new turn, which is now much closer to the field than at the “Petrovsky”, like all other places.

Stadium-epic. How the world’s steepest football arena was opened Photo: Championship, altair-msp.ru
The field was not very good. 9 days before the first match, it turned out that the lawn began to rot, due to the fact that special artificial lighting was not switched off for the night, although it was necessary. Therefore, at the first match, we saw a lot of pits, plastic grass at the corner flags and constantly floundering into the air pieces of turf.

I can note that because of the closed roof and unfilled stands, a rather strong echo was heard. Many praised the organization, saying that each steward can give you an answer to any question. After the first test event, not everyone liked the decoration of the podtribunnyh premises, but it’s criticized by someone who wants to criticize something, in fact, nothing terrible is there.

“Zenith” opened the long-awaited stadium very bright match. St. Petersburg fans were pleased with the arena and atmosphere. The epic with the construction is over, and now we are waiting only for the drama and exclusively on the football field.