Images: Populous.
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architects of the London 2012 Olympic stadium have been selected as the designers for the Rostov Stadium in Russia, one of the venues where the 2018 World Cup will be held. The cities where the 64 matches will be played are: Kalingrad, Kazan, Moscow, Nizhny, Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don,Samara, Saransk, St Petersberg, Volgograd and Yekaterinburg
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It is reported that the stadium will have a capacity of 45,000 seats for the World Cup, but will be scaled down to 25,000 seats after the event.
