Football Spartak is tired of wasting money on nothing
Discussions about the Spartak stadium are long-standing. And nevertheless the
club's fans and administration still hope that sometime they will have their
own arena. This was one of the major points discussed by Andrey Chervichenko,
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During the recent meeting of the Moscow government a resolution was passed
to give Spartak a plot near "Universitet" and "Prospect Vernadskogo" metro
stations, the resolution is currently passed to the mayor of Moscow for
adoption. The plot is 50 hectares large. Now it is used as a place for garages
and dump. The place is very convenient, one of the most prestigious in Moscow.
We are planning not only stadium but also a large sports and entertaining
complex there.
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We had to solve numerous problems with tenants, pay out compensation, lay a
by-pass highway… According to our estimations this would cost us a dear sum
- about $25 billion. Not to think of the construction itself.
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You can count it yourself. The rent for the Champions League match in
Luzhniki cost $100,000 plus $10-20 thousand for additional overhead charges
and $50,000 for the Russian championship. The rent took all the money from
tickets - our income was ridiculous, only $10,000. If we compare that to
that of Manchester United, favorite in our country, we'll see that last year
its income exceeded 116 billion pounds last year, the major stake of it
-tickets selling - 38 billion pounds.
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The complete interview you can find in SE printed edition of 11.24.2001
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