Volgograd Arena
Волгоград Арена
A stadium on the banks of the Volga at the foot of Mamayev Kurgan, built for the 2018 World Cup, with a grid facade that lights up at night.
Volgograd Arena stands on the Volga bank on the eastern side of Mamayev Kurgan. It hosted four group-stage matches during the 2018 World Cup and seats about 45,000 people. Its inverted conical facade of steel-cable grids lights up at night, echoing the statue of 'Motherland Calls' on the hill above. It is the home ground of the local club Rotor, and there is a riverside park promenade nearby. On non-match days you can photograph the exterior, and it is about a 15-minute walk from Mamayev Kurgan.
Opening hours
Exterior open all day; events per schedule
Nearby sights
- Mamayev Kurgan & The Motherland Calls
- Gerhardt Mill Ruins
- Pavlov's House
- Stalingrad Battle Panorama Museum
- Volgograd Planetarium
- Mashkov Museum of Fine Arts
- Central Embankment (62nd Army Embankment)
- Memory Museum (Paulus' Headquarters)