World Cup Football is knocking the door. The Greatest Show on earth is football world cup. You all know Russia is the host. For the very first time Russia is hosting this football festival and undoubtedly there trying to make it the most gorgeous one the world have ever witnessed.

I'm highlighting some amazing facts related to this world cup.

National Infrastructure Acceleration

108 Sports facilities are added 

• 12 Stadiums are ready to host with more than 550,000 seating capacity. All stadiums are designed for multipurpose use after FIFA World Cup. The seating capacity will reduce after FWC for long term use.
• 96 training sites are ready with a capacity of 16,000 children and youth for future sports development.
• 600 billion Rubles are invested to build these infrastructure.

26 Transport Facilities included

• 11 Airports: New terminals in Saint-Petersburg, Nizhny-Novgorod, Samara, Saransk, Moscow Domodedovo and New Airport in Rostov-on Don.
• 3 New metro stations
• 12 New roads and junctions
• 13 Hospitals reconstructed and renovated
• 29 Utility Facilities
• 12 Power Stations
• 27 New Hotels

Jobs

> 13,000 People involved in construct and renovation of 10 stadiums

> 100,000 jobs created and supported by FWC

Volunteer

>30,000 Volunteers will require unique experience and knowledges

15 Volunteer Center opened in Russia

Luzniki Stadium at Night

Stadiums

All FWC Stadiums will compliant with green building standard

The first Russian Green Building Standard was developed specially for the FWC.

All FWC stadiums will be accessible for disables

>78 million people are living near stadiums and training centers

>25million people live in host cities

Football

5 Federal, 10 interregional, 100 Regional 

Football Development Center will be made in 2020

From 2015 to 2018

Increase in Students choosing to study football at sports schools from 12.5% to 20.5% both children and youth.

>7000 football coaches are engaged in coaching in sports schools 

From 331,000 to nearly 900,000 footballer have been registered since 2015 to 2018

More than 210 football facilities are engaged in operation since 2015 to this year

Accessibility

31 Railway Stations to have reconstructed in host cities to meet Russian regulation on accessibility

Audience 

> 3 billion spectators are expected to enjoy the Fifa World Cup

>300,000 to attend the FWC

~ 100,000 foreign visitors are expected to visit Russia during Fifa World Cup

11 Host Cities

100% of host cities shows positive trend in Sustainable Cities index 

8 out of 11 host cities regions are included in the top 20 ranking of the investment attractiveness of Russia

7 out of 11 host cities shows positive trends in the quality of living ranking

350 environment protection measures are implemented in host cities overall till this year

800 of city parks, public green zone and specially protected areas are renovated as a part of World Cup tournament preparation.

Ref: https://resources.fifa.com

Images: 

https://bbc.com

https://stadiumdb.com

https://www.stadiumguide.com

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