Stadium, which offers views of the Caucasus Mountains at one end and the Black Sea at the other.The weather should be warm, and strong sea mmogdp breezes could hurt teams who like to pass the ball long and high.The stadium was built to host the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2014 Winte.
Olympics, but lay empty for almost three years after as it was reconfigured ahead of hosting its first soccer game in March.During that time, new seats were installed behind the goals, but tickets haven't gone on sale for some of those spots at the Confederations Cup because construction remains unfinished.
The stadium also has serious legacy concerns because it's a half-hour train ride from the city and Sochi's only professional club is a third-tier side which attracts tiny crowds.Sochi is a short flight from Moscow, or a 24-hour train ride for adventurous fans.___MOSCOWThe Russian capital's Confederations Cup venue isn't the vast Luzhniki Stadium, which hosted the 1980 Olympics and 2008 Champions League final.
While Luzhniki is being renovated in time to hold next year's World Cup final, the spotlight will be on Spartak Moscow's 45,000-capacity arena across town.The only one of Russia's 12 World Cup stadiums not built with government money, thanks to Spartak's oil-billionaire president, it has operated smoothly since opening in 2014.Attendances were high this Maple Story Mesos season as Spartak won its first league title since 2001, and the stadium security and catering services have coped.Transport links from the center of the city are convenient, with two metro stations nearby.