Saransk Stadium
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Saransk Stadium is a description of a proposed football stadium which will be built in Saransk
, Russia
in time for the 2018 FIFA World Cup
. It will also host FC Mordovia Saransk
of the Russian First League, replacing Start Stadium. It will have a capacity of 45,015 spectators.
Saransk
Saransk is a city in central European Russia and the capital of the Republic of Mordovia, as well as its financial and economic center. It is located in the Volga basin at the confluence of the Saranka and Insar Rivers, about east of Moscow...
, 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...
in time for the 2018 FIFA World Cup
2018 FIFA World Cup
The bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups was the process by which the locations for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups were selected. The process began officially in March 2009; eleven bids from thirteen countries were received, including one which was withdrawn and one that was...
. It will also host FC Mordovia Saransk
FC Mordovia Saransk
FC Mordovia Saransk is a Russian association football club from Saransk, Republic of Mordovia. In its current state it was formed in 2005, through the merger of Biokhimik-Mordovia and Lisma-Mordovia....
of the Russian First League, replacing Start Stadium. It will have a capacity of 45,015 spectators.