Ilsur Metshin visited the construction site of the new football arena on Mavlyutov street

Kazan Mayor instructed contractors to provide arena with a warm-up area, as well as a workout zone.

Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, got acquainted with the construction of a new football arena on Mavlyutov street. This is one of two sports facilities to build in the capital of Tatarstan on the initiative of Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov on the eve of the 100th anniversary of Tatarstan. As of today, 38% of the planned works have been completed here. The builders are planning to start roofing works next week.

The construction of the new arena is being carried out on the territory bounded by Tankovaya, Mavlyutov and Bratiyev Kasimovykh streets. Dinar Badrutdinov, Director General of the contractor organization SK Altyn group, said that the area of the one-story training football arena is 6 thousand sq.m. The size of a football pitch with artificial turf is 90x45 m. If necessary, it can be divided into two parts, which will allow two teams to train at the same time. In addition to the football pitch, the arena has 8 dressing rooms for 20 people, medical premises, storage rooms for equipment, a lobby and a cafe for guests and staff. Up to 160 athletes can train here at the same time.

Construction began in December, 2019. According to D.Badrutdinov, presently, the work has been completed by 38%. It is planned to open new arena for young athletes and football fans by August 30.

During the visit, Kazan Mayor Ilsur Metshin instructed contractors to provide the site with warm-up areas, work-out zones with a rubber coating, as well as a platform for training football exercises. He noted it will allow to increase the capacity of the sports venue from 160 to 250 people.

“Over the past 10 years, Kazan has held a large number of international sport events that presented the new Russia, the new Tatarstan, and the new Kazan to the whole world, - said I.Metshin. – At the same time, they have changed our city remarkably. It is very important that after each event there is a sports infrastructure legacy for a large number of sports fans”.

The Mayor of Kazan noted that this also promotes regular physical activity to citizens. So, if 10 years ago, on the eve of the Universiade, only 19% of the Kazan citizens were engaged in physical culture and sports on a daily basis, today this figure reaches almost 50%. “We are happy about this, we are for a healthy lifestyle, we want our children to follow the lead of professional athletes. During the World Cup at the Kazan Arena, we had an opportunity to see the national teams of Argentina, Brazil, Spain and Germany. Outstanding players played here. All this promoted a great love for sports and particular for football. Today, 2700 children and young men play football on a regular basis in Kazan. Not all of them will become professionals, but they will keep love for sports and a healthy lifestyle forever”, - the Mayor said.

“It is important that this venue is located in a densely populated residential area, near Gorki-1, Gorki-2, Azino-1, Azino-2, a lot of secondary schools, a metro station. We are confident that in August we will be able to complete the construction of this sport facility and present it to our children and football fans”, - I.Metshin concluded.