Samara World Cup stadium behind schedule, but builder says it will meet year-end deadline
August 25 – Samara’s World Cup stadium has fallen 30 days behind its construction schedule, the contractor of the venue has announced. The venue is set to host six matches, including a quarter-final, during the 2018 World Cup.
“We would have liked a faster construction pace,” Sergei Ponomaryov, the deputy head of general contractor PSO Kazan, told reporters. “We have calculated that we are behind by about 30 days.”
Construction at the 45,000-capacity stadium has been plagued by delays over the past months,
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