Status of some Russian football stadiums as of October 31, 2013 Terek (Akhmat-Arena) - done Anji (Anzhi-Arena) - done Rubin (Kazan Arena) - done, no football matches played yet, turf installation in progress Sochi (Fisht Olympic Stadium) - ready November 2013/February 2014 Spartak (Otkrytie Arena) - May/July 2014 CSKA (VEB Arena) - middle of 2015 Spartak (small arena) - ?, probably 2016 (start of construction in May/July 2014, construction time 1,5 years) Zenit (Gazprom Arena) - 2016 (or beginning of 2017) Luzhniki - April 2017 Dinamo (VTB Arena) - 22 October 2017 Some other buildings: Federation Tower, Moscow Lakhta Center, St. Petersburg Sochi Olympic Circuit some stuff regarding the stadiums as of April 2014: Kazan Arena - install scoreboard(s) inside the arena for football matches, when will the first football match be played? Fisht Stadium, Sochi - dismantle the roof and 2 hangars, install the grass pitch, install scoreboards Otkrytie Arena - install 2 big screens on the outside wall (one in the south, another in the north), cover the outside wall with red and white rhombuses, there will be 2 entrance buildings in the south, north and east CSKA - start building the north stand, the NE and NW towers, the SE and north entrances Spartak small - start the construction Zenit Arena - there will be 2 rows of windows on the outside wall, there will be big spikes on the roof, the roof will be transparent and can be closed or opened, the pitch can be moved on rails outside the stadium under the south stand, the south and north pavilion (both east of the stadium) will be preserved Luzhniki - there will be no more running tracks around the pitch - stands behind the goals will be closer to goals, there will be a circular scoreboard/screen on the roof in the center VTB Arena - start building the stadium and the academy building, the historical wall will be a continuous oval, there will be a screen on the outside above the western wall entrance, there will be a big screen/scoreboard inside the football part of the stadium on the western stand update, June 4, 2014: Kazan - scoreboards installed, waiting for the first match Otkrytie arena - entrance buildings in the south, north and east are under construction; started first phase of facade installation, there will be less red rhombuses than white ones and the white ones can be backlighted with neutral and blue color, red rhombuses with neutral color; no sign of two screens (one in the south and one in the north) yet CSKA - started building the NE tower, preparing the ground (digging it away) for the N stand, N entrance under construction Spartak small - no progress yet Zenit - started building the roof, south stand almost complete Luzhniki - destruction of the former stands almost complete, the roof will be extended inward VTB Arena - need some aerial footage including the Arena Park part of the complex update, June 8, 2014 Otkrytie arena and small arena - info from one of the officials - there will be no media screen in the south and the one in the north is not certain at the moment, small arena starts construction in September 2014 and finishes sometime during 2015 update, August 12, 2014 CSKA - N stand and NE tower under construction, the E and N stands will both have 2 tiers - just like the S and W stands update, June 9, 2017 Kazan Arena, Fisht, Zenit Arena, Spartak Stadium - hosts of FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 Spartak small arena - not under construction CSKA - opened, many matches played Luzhniki - done, first match in October 2017 VTB Arena - on schedule, should be done in October 2017, still under construction at the moment Federation Tower - topped out Lakhta Center - under construction, above 300 meters at the moment Sochi F1 circuit - several Grand Prix held