Sapsan Arena

Sapsan Arena (Russian: «Сапсан Арена») is a football stadium situated in Moscow, Russia. It hosts Kazanka Moscow, Lokomotiv Moscow's farm club, and Lokomotiv Moscow's youth team. It seats 6,000 people.^[1]

Sapsan Arena

Former names	Minor Sports Arena Lokomotiv
Location	Moscow, Russia
Public transit	Cherkizovskaya Lokomotiv
Owner	Russian Railways
Operator	Lokomotiv Moscow
Capacity	6,000
Field size	105m × 68m
Surface	Artificial Turf
Construction
Opened	2009
Expanded	2012
Tenants
Kazanka Moscow Lokomotiv Moscow (youths) WFC Lokomotiv Moscow Patriots Chertanovo Moscow (in winter)

History

The stadium was built in 2009 and its initial capacity stood at 5000, all seated. It is the home stadium of the youth squad of Lokomotiv. It was also used by Lokomotiv-2, prior to their disbandment. The stadium was further expanded in the winter of 2010, and as a result nowadays the stadium is capable to hold 6,000 people, all seated. In addition to the expansion, all the three stands were covered under a roof.

On 5 August 2017, Lokomotiv announced that the stadium has been renamed to Sapsan Arena^[2]

Description

It is situated adjacent to the main Lokomotiv Moscow stadium, the RZD Arena. Its surface is artificial turf.