Russia’s inside-out World Cup arena ‘doesn’t sway in wind’
Moscow (Russia) (AFP) – Russia’s inside-out World Cup arena with soaring temporary stands shooting up into the sky has passed its first formal test: it doesn’t sway in the wind when filled with fans. The peculiar venue in the industrial city of Yekaterinburg has attracted its fair share of fascination — and some ridicule — heading into the June 14-July 15 football extravaganza. Its two 42-metre-tall (138-foot-tall) extensions at each goal end stand on a mesh of rickety-looking metal poles built on plots of land adjacent to the stadium. The vertiginous seats at the very top offer fans a direct
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