#7: FISHT STADIUM City: Sochi
Capacity: 47,700
Cost: USD 400 million for initial construction, USD 68 millionto convert for football
This Fifa world cup 2018 venue is an hour away from the main city of Sochi. The city also hosted the 2014 Winter Olympic Games.
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#6: NIZHNY NOVGOROD STADIUM City: Nizhny Novgorod
Capacity: 45,331
Cost: USD 307 million
The stadium will host a quarter final encounter and offers the most impressive and elegant looking design. It also offers view of the Oka and Volga rivers which meet in Nizhny Novgorod.
#5: KALININGRAD STADIUM City: Kaliningrad
Capacity: 35,212
Cost: USD 300 million
The city is the administrative center of Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea. The stadium is one of the fastest build stadium.
#4: SAMARA ARENA City: Samara
Capacity: 44,807
Cost: USD 310 million
This Fifa world cup 2018 venue is again far from the city and the fans need to travel for almost an hour to reach the stadium, which is on outskirts of the city.
#3: ROSTOV ARENA City: Rostov-on-Don
Capacity: 45,145
Cost: USD 330 million
This is the only venue in the country which will offer a bit of summer heat, which may prove horrifying for some of the teams.
#2: VOLGOGRAD ARENA City: Volgograd
Capacity: 45,568
Cost: USD 300 million
This Fifa world cup 2018 venue is home to wartime history collectibles. Workers during construction discovered unexploded munitions and soldiers’ corpses from the Battle of Stalingrad.
#1: MORDOVIA ARENA City: Saransk
Capacity: 44,442
Cost: USD 295 million
Its the most smallest host city amongst the 11 hosts with a population of just 300,000.
The city is located 10 hours by road from the capital city of Moscow.
