The St. Petersburg stadium, which is currently under construction on Krestovsky Island will host the 2017 Confederations Cup as well as the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The brand new stadium in Russia has been in the news since early construction began, back in 2007. With a state-of-the-art pitch and a roof that is supposed to melt the winter snow, the stadium was meant to bring pride to the Russians when the FIFA tournaments began.
Instead, the USD 800 million venue, has, as with most things of this scale, caused the Russian authorities a lot of embarrassment.