By Dmitriy Rogovitskiy
MOSCOW Russia Wed Aug 27, 2014 10:55am EDT
<span id="articleText"><span id="midArticle_start"/> MOSCOW Russia (Reuters) - Russia's newest completed World Cup stadium, the Otkrytie Arena, in Moscow, was opened by the country's President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday.
<span id="midArticle_1"/> The stadium, in the north west of the Russian capital, will be home to the city's famous Spartak club and will host matches at the 2018 World Cup finals.
<span id="midArticle_2"/> Putin arrived by helicopter, accompanied by the Russian Minister for Sport, Vitaly Mutko, the mayor of Moscow, Sergey Sobyanin, and Leonid Fedun, the owner of Spartak Moscow, who funded the stadium.
<span id="midArticle_3"/> Russia's head of state was given a tour of the arena, which currently holds 42,000. He also met Spartak veterans and youth players.
<span id="midArticle_4"/> Before leaving, Putin signed a football, which will be placed in the club's museum.
<span id="midArticle_5"/> "This stadium is fit for one of the most loved clubs in Russia," said Putin. "The construction of sporting stadia like this helps to push development within the country."
<span id="midArticle_6"/> The stadium took seven years to build and cost about 15 billion rubles ($415.17 million).
<span id="midArticle_7"/> The capacity can be increased to 45,000, which soccer's world governing body FIFA would prefer. The stadium will also host Confederations Cup matches in 2017.
<span id="midArticle_8"/> The first game at Spartak's new stadium will be on Sept. 5 when the club will play a friendly against Red Star Belgrade.
<span id="midArticle_9"/><span id="midArticle_10"/><span id="midArticle_11"/> (Reporting by Dmitriy Rogovitskiy; editing by Ken Ferris)
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MOSCOW Russia Wed Aug 27, 2014 10:55am EDT
<span id="articleText"><span id="midArticle_start"/> MOSCOW Russia (Reuters) - Russia's newest completed World Cup stadium, the Otkrytie Arena, in Moscow, was opened by the country's President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday.
<span id="midArticle_1"/> The stadium, in the north west of the Russian capital, will be home to the city's famous Spartak club and will host matches at the 2018 World Cup finals.
<span id="midArticle_2"/> Putin arrived by helicopter, accompanied by the Russian Minister for Sport, Vitaly Mutko, the mayor of Moscow, Sergey Sobyanin, and Leonid Fedun, the owner of Spartak Moscow, who funded the stadium.
<span id="midArticle_3"/> Russia's head of state was given a tour of the arena, which currently holds 42,000. He also met Spartak veterans and youth players.
<span id="midArticle_4"/> Before leaving, Putin signed a football, which will be placed in the club's museum.
<span id="midArticle_5"/> "This stadium is fit for one of the most loved clubs in Russia," said Putin. "The construction of sporting stadia like this helps to push development within the country."
<span id="midArticle_6"/> The stadium took seven years to build and cost about 15 billion rubles ($415.17 million).
<span id="midArticle_7"/> The capacity can be increased to 45,000, which soccer's world governing body FIFA would prefer. The stadium will also host Confederations Cup matches in 2017.
<span id="midArticle_8"/> The first game at Spartak's new stadium will be on Sept. 5 when the club will play a friendly against Red Star Belgrade.
<span id="midArticle_9"/><span id="midArticle_10"/><span id="midArticle_11"/> (Reporting by Dmitriy Rogovitskiy; editing by Ken Ferris)
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