2018 FIFA World Cup Russia stadium capacities

The 2018 FIFA World Cup was held in Russia, with the 64 games across the tournament held at 12 venues up and down the country. The largest venue of the World Cup was the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, with a capacity of over 78,000. This stadium was the venue for the 2018 final, which saw France emerge victorious after a 4-2 defeat of Croatia. Stadium renovationsHosting one of the largest sporting events in the world is no walk in the park and Russia took on the task of building and renovating the stadiums that were to be used for the 2018 World Cup. As the venue of the opening match and the final, the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow was the focal point of the competition. In preparation for the event, the original stadium was demolished in 2013 and the construction of the new stadium was finished in 2017. In order to increase the capacity of the stadium, the athletics track around the pitch was removed. These renovation works seemed to pay off as the 2018 World Cup was attended by over three million people, with each game drawing in an average attendance of 47,371. Who foots the bill?Whilst the host country of any World Cup incurs a significant amount of these renovation costs, it also gets help from the organizers, FIFA. In preparation for the 2018 World Cup, FIFA allocated 627 million U.S. dollars for investment in “local organization”, which amounted to almost one third of the entire budget. A further 400 million U.S. dollars of the budget (21 percent) was spent on the prize pot. Having taken home the famous trophy in 2018, France not only won the global bragging rights for the next four years, but they also pocketed a handsome 38 million U.S. dollars in prize money.

2018年国际足联世界杯在俄罗斯举行，64场比赛遍布全国12个场馆。世界杯规模最大的场馆为莫斯科的卢日尼基体育场，其容纳量超过78,000人。这座体育场见证了2018年决赛的举行，法国队以4-2的比分战胜克罗地亚队，最终夺冠。举办世界上规模最大的体育盛事并非易事，俄罗斯承担了建设和翻新用于2018年世界杯的场馆的重任。作为开幕赛和决赛的举办地，莫斯科的卢日尼基体育场成为了比赛的焦点。为了筹备此次活动，原体育场于2013年被拆除，新体育场的建设于2017年完成。为了增加场馆的容纳量，围绕球场周围的田径跑道被移除。这些翻新工程似乎取得了成效，2018年世界杯吸引了超过三百万观众，平均每场比赛的观众人数为47,371人。那么，这笔费用由谁来承担？虽然任何世界杯的主办国都会承担相当一部分的翻新费用，但国际足联（FIFA）也会提供帮助。为了准备2018年世界杯，国际足联拨款6.27亿美元用于“本地组织”投资，这几乎占到了整个预算的三分之一。预算中的另外4亿美元（占21%）用于奖金池。法国队在2018年捧得著名的奖杯后，不仅赢得了未来四年的全球荣誉，还获得了高达3800万美元的奖金。