Lokomotiv Stadium (Nizhny Novgorod)
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Lokomotiv Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium
in Nizhny Novgorod
, Russia
. It is currently used mostly for football
matches and was the home ground of FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod
. The stadium holds 17,800 people and was opened in 2000.
Presently, it is the home arena of FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod
.
Multi-purpose stadium
Multi-purpose stadiums are a type of stadium designed in such a way as to be easily used by multiple sports. While any stadium could potentially host more than one sport, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy that stresses multi-functionality over specificity...
in Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is, with the population of 1,250,615, the fifth largest city in Russia, ranking after Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Yekaterinburg...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. It is currently used mostly for football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
matches and was the home ground of FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod
FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod
FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod was a Russian football club based in Nizhny Novgorod. They spent eight seasons in the Russian Premier League.-History:...
. The stadium holds 17,800 people and was opened in 2000.
Presently, it is the home arena of FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod
FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod
FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod is a Russian football club from Nizhny Novgorod, founded in 1963. In 2008, FC Volga won the Ural-Povolzhye zone of the Russian Second Division and advanced to the Russian First Division. It finished First Division as 4th in 2009 and finished one as 2nd in 2010 and...
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