page_title: Yekaterinburg
section_title: 2018 FIFA World Cup
hierarchical_section_title: Yekaterinburg / Life and culture / Sports / 2018 FIFA World Cup
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Матч между сборными Японии и Сенегала в рамках чемпионата мира 2018 (Екатеринбург, 24 июня 2018) English: Japan-Senegal in Yekaterinburg (FIFA World Cup 2018)
context_page_description: Yekaterinburg, alternatively romanized Ekaterinburg, is the largest city and the administrative centre of Sverdlovsk Oblast. The city is located on the Iset River in Western Siberia, with a population of 1,493,749 million inhabitants, it is the fourth-largest city, and one of the main cultural and industrial centres of Russia. Yekaterinburg has been dubbed the "Third capital of Russia", as it is ranked third by the size of economy, culture, transportation and tourism.
  The region was settled and developed by Novgorodians by the 11th century.
  Yekaterinburg was founded on 18 November 1723 and named after the Russian emperor Peter the Great's wife, who after his death became Catherine I, Yekaterina being the Russian form of her name. The city served as the mining capital of the Russian Empire as well as a strategic connection between Europe and Asia at the time. In 1781, Catherine the Great gave Yekaterinburg the status of a district town of Perm Province, and built the main road of the Empire, the Siberian Route, through the city.
context_section_description: Yekaterinburg hosted four matches of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Yekaterinburg is one of the 11 Russian cities that hosted the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The matches were played on the upgraded Central Stadium.
  For the World Cup 2018, from 7 October 2015 to 29 December 2017, the Central Stadium was upgraded to bring it into compliance with FIFA requirements for the World Cup. The architectural concept of the new stadium is built on a combination of historical walls and the built-in core of the modern arena. During the reconstruction of the sports facility, which is a monument of history and culture, the facades are carefully preserved, and the arena itself is equipped with the latest technical achievements of the sports industry. Temporary stands extending outside the original perimeter of the stadium were erected so as to comply with the FIFA requirement of seating for 35,000 spectators. They can hold a total of 12,000 spectators, but the seating will be removed after the World Cup, decreasing the seating capacity back to 23,000.
  The FIFA Fan Fest in Yekaterinburg is located in the Mayakovsky Central Park of Entertainment and Culture. Located just outside the city centre in a popular and well-known amusement park, it will have a capacity to hold 17,000 people.
  Koltsovo Airport was also reconstructed and had a second runway built. In addition, work was done to prepare another passenger terminal, modernize the technical infrastructure, and launch the business aviation hangar. The capacity of the airport in preparation for the World Cup has increased to two thousand people per hour. The street and road network was also upgraded.
caption: Crowd of fans in Yekaterinburg during the 2018 World Cup
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