President of Tatarstan inspects construction of new stadium in Kazan

President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov visited the construction site of a new football stadium for 45 000 seats and held a working meeting in the site office on issues of the stadium equipping on March 16. Tatarstan Premier Ildar Khalikov and Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin took part in the event.

Before the meeting Head of Tatarstan inspected the construction works. First metal structures for sheds have already been installed above the stands. Variants of chairs for stands were offered to Rustam Minnikhanov in the site office. “It is one of the main facilities at the stadium. Chairs must be firm and comfortable,” Rustam Minnikhanov said.

At the meeting the Director of football stadium Radik Minnakhmetov presented the infrastructure concept of new sport object. Shopping and entertainment centers, children’s park, restaurant, night club, sport bar, football store, museum of FC “Rubin” are meant to be located at the stadium.

In general, Rustam Minnikhanov supported the suggested concept. However, he marked that realization of these ideas would be rather expensive.

Head of Tatarstan asked to define infrastructure elements that can be funded at the expense of a managing company and those needed attraction of investors.

Attendees of the meeting discussed variants of illumination and equipping with different systems and facilities. By each item Rustam Minnikhanov gave assignment to select equal variants and present them for consideration on a competitive basis to define the minimum price.

Head of Tatarstan also suggested presenting some works for outsourcing in order to reduce construction expenses.