Everyone has seen how stadiums’ renovation work is going on in the Brazil; hence no one wants to see this happen ever again in any World Cup. If we leave aside upcoming soccer’s mega event, next world cup is going to be equally electrifying coz Russian State government has promised to offer unprecedented infrastructure for the FIFA’s global event which includes a thorough upgradation of most of its stadiums where WC matches will be played. In fact, FIFA officials have already said on several occasions that preparation work is going on smoothly in Russia thanks to their Government and general public support who allowed a vast budget to be used on improving things for soccer’s mega event – something which is missing in Brazil. One of the key playing sides Luzhniki Stadium has earlier been planned to decorate with additional seats capacity of around nine thousands but that required a thorough overhaul and since the cost sanctioned for this venue has already crossed, it was better advised to retain its old capacity while improving media and VIP stands, so fans could see the match without being affected by a short playing area as it was also recommended to reduce the play coverage area by around six meters but since there are lots of underground amenities residing there, it was also ruled out.
Now, FIFA has finally approved the layout where seat capacity will remain where it was but facilities will be at par with the global standards. Notably, this stadium is going to host the world cup final, hence everyone had initially wanted to see a larger space for more spectators, but anyway, still, there are 81000 seats which are enough to make it one of the biggest stadiums hosting a world cup final. However, even this requires a great amount of time; therefore organizers have planned their homework to start working on it once it is being handed over to them. The last sporting event this stadium is going to host is upcoming World Athletics Championships starting on August 10 and after this Luzhniki will only be used for World cup preparation work.
This is not the first time a change has been made in the final layout of a match venue coz this has been done several times in Brazil World Cup, however, the good thing is Russian organizers have identified the problem much in advance which gave them enough space to implement new settings. Let’s hope to enjoy 2018 world cup final unprecedentedly.