RZD Arena (Moscow)

RZD Arena is the stadium of the Lokomotiv football club (Moscow) and the Russian national team. The arena was built in 2002 and has the highest category of UEFA (4 stars).

General information

Seating capacity: 27, 320 seats

Address: st. Bolshaya Cherkizovskaya, 125, building 1

Coordinates for the navigator: 55°48′13″N 37°44′28″E

Year Built: 2002 year

Website: stadium.fclm.ru

Field: 104×68 m

Scheme of seats, sectors, stands of the RZD Arena

Fourteen ticket offices are located on the street Big Cherkizovskaya. Nearby is the symbol of the Lokomotiv club (Moscow) — the locomotive of the L-3516 series. It is near it that fans of the Moscow club often gather before going to the match. Ticket offices sell tickets for home bouts. It is better to check the time and dates of sales in advance on the official website.

“RZD Arena” stands out for its special roof, which has the effect of “suspension” and rests on four pylons. The seats for fans inside the bowl are traditionally divided into two tiers, between which VIP seats are located. There are 60 VIP lodges at the stadium, there is also a Northern Express restaurant with a view of the pitch, a special Diamond zone, a family sector, commentary booths and a sector for media representatives.

Infrastructure

RZD Arena is a modern sports complex with developed infrastructure. Near the main stadium is the football section, as well as the Lokomotiv Sports and Education Center. In addition, fans can visit the museum of their favorite team and the official club store.

The complex has a rather impressive list of additional sports facilities:

• Sapsan Arena — a stadium with a capacity of 10,000, where they host home matches supposedly clothing teams of Lokomotiv;
• LOCO-Sport — a multifunctional sports arena for training and competitions in various sports;
• Ice Palace — arena for hockey and figure skating;
• indoor and outdoor tennis courts;
• a set of training football fields;
• indoor football arena;
• football pitch with natural field.

Such a rich infrastructure with an adjacent park area makes the RZD Arena a great place for outdoor activities and various sports.

What else besides football?

Of course, RZD Arena is the venue for football matches at the highest level. However, the infrastructure of the sports complex allows visitors to offer a much wider range of entertainment and services:

• conducting events and celebrations in the Northern Express;
• different types of excursions;
• children’s sports sections;
• rental of sports grounds;
• wedding organization and more.

The football stadium of the Lokomotiv club is the concentration of the sports and entertainment life of the Preobrazhenskoye district. This is an excellent multifunctional sports complex built to high European standards.

Construction

The Lokomotiv stadium was built in record time. Active work began in 2000, and two years later the first official match took place in the new arena. Railway workers took Uralan from Elista as part of the Russian football championship. The match ended in a minimal victory for the hosts 1-0.

A football stadium in this territory began to be built in the early 30s of the last century. For a long time the field bore the name “Stalinets” and was the home arena for many teams in the capital. In the 60s, the Lokomotiv stadium was opened, which has already become a full-fledged home for the football team of the same name. However, at different time intervals in the same field home matches were played by Moscow Spartak players.

In 2000, a project was launched for a new stadium for railway workers. Construction did not take much time, and already in 2002 the facility was commissioned. In 2017, reconstruction was carried out: four new displays were installed, chairs were replaced (under club colors), and the number of seats was reduced. In the same year, the stadium was renamed the “RZD Arena”.