Petrovsky Stadium

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Petrovsky

Former names	Lenin Stadium (1925–1992)
Location	Saint Petersburg, Russia
Broke ground	May 1924
Built	1924–1925
Opened	July 5, 1925
Renovated	1933, 1961, 1978, 1994
Surface	Grass
Capacity	21,405^[1]
Field dimensions	105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft)
Tenants
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg

The Petrovsky Stadium (Стадион «Петровский») is a sport complex that consists of a number of sport buildings. One of them is the Grand Sport Arena which is the home of FC Zenit of Saint Petersburg, Russia and for simplicity referred by everyone as Petrovsky Stadium. The complex also contains another football stadium, Minor Sport Arena (MSA). MSA of Petrovsky in 2008 was used by several teams that compete in lower professional leagues: FC Dynamo Saint Petersburg, FC Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg, and FC Sever Murmansk. The whole complex is located on the Petrograd side in central St. Petersburg on Petrovsky Island, an island in the Malaya Neva River connected to the adjacent Krestovsky and Petrogradsky islands through bridges.

1 Capacity
2 History
3 Today
4 Photo gallery
5 References
6 External links

Capacity

The Grand Sport Arena of the Petrovsky Sport Complex currently has a capacity of 21,405 people.

History

The first stadium at this location was designed by architects N.V. Baranov, O.I. Guryev and V.M. Fromzel, and was built in 1924 - 1925. In 1957 - 1961 it went through major reconstruction, the largest one before the 1980 Summer Olympics. At that time the capacity was 33,000 seats.

The stadium has received world recognition since hosting the Goodwill Games in 1994. At that time, after a major reconstruction the seating capacity was changed to a more comfortable design with 21,405 seats. All seats are made of weather-proof durable plastic. Seats have different colour, depending on the seating section and proximity to the pit.