Rostec Arena (Kaliningrad)

 World Cup football stadium, football / soccer stadium, 2018 construction

Kaliningrad Stadium, commercial name - Rostec Arena, is an association football stadium in Oktyabrsky Island, Kaliningrad, Russia. It will host some of the games of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. It will also host FC Baltika Kaliningrad of the Russian Football National League, replacing Baltika Stadium.

This will be a two-tier stadium, equipped with ultramodern security systems and CCTV. The project is based on the concept of the Allianz Arena, which hosted matches of the 2006 World Cup in Germany. The project cost is planned around 11 billion rubles. Commissioning is planned in 2017. The stadium following the 2018 World Cup will turn into 35,000 seating capacity and part of the roof will be retracted.

Kaliningrad Stadium is located only 45 kilometers from the border with Poland (Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship), which makes it the stadium of the 2018 FIFA World Cup that is located closest to the European Union and the Schengen Area.