{"id":1249,"date":"2011-12-19T15:39:36","date_gmt":"2011-12-19T15:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stadiumguide.nl\/?p=1249"},"modified":"2017-09-09T17:51:08","modified_gmt":"2017-09-09T17:51:08","slug":"lokomotiv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stadiumguide.com\/lokomotiv\/","title":{"rendered":"RZD Arena (Lokomotiv Stadium)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RZD<\/p>\n

Key facts<\/h3>\n

Club: FC Lokomotiv Moscow | Opening: 2002 | Capacity: 28,800 seats<\/p>\n

History and description<\/h3>\n

RZD Arena, previously known as Lokomotiv Stadium, was built between 2000 and 2002, and opened on 5 July 2002 with a match between Lokomotiv and Ural.<\/p>\n

The roof of the stadium is held up by four concrete pylons. The stadium holds 60 VIP boxes, each having between 10 and 20 seats.<\/p>\n

Lokomotiv Stadium has been regularly used by other Russian sides needing a temporary home such as Anzhi in the Europa League and Spartak Moscow for the 2013-14 season while waiting for the completion of the Otkritie Arena<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In 2017, Lokomotiv Stadium changed name to RZD Arena following a naming rights sponsorship deal.<\/p>\n

How to get to\u00a0RZD Arena<\/h3>\n

RZD Arena\u00a0is located in the north-east of the city of Moscow, between Moscow\u2019s third ring road and the MKAD ring road at about 9 kilometres from Moscow\u2019s city centre.<\/p>\n

The stadium can be reached with\u00a0metro<\/a> line 1 (the red line). It is an approximate 20-minute ride from stations Biblioteka or Okhotnyy Ryad in Moscow\u2019s centre. Get off at station Cherkizovskaya, which lies right next to the stadium.<\/p>\n

Address: Bolshaya Cherkizovskaya 125 A, 107553, Moscow<\/p>\n