The final director of Russian soccer giants Zenit St. Petersburg, Alexander Medvedev, has stated the membership’s Gazprom Enviornment house might be transformed right into a hospital to assist battle Covid-19 within the metropolis.
The soccer official harassed that the venue might be simply became a brief hospital for contaminated sufferers, the variety of which has been steadily rising in St Petersburg.
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The stadium has a retractable roof which helps to maintain warmth inside at any time of the yr.
“Gazprom Enviornment differs from different stadiums as a result of it has a roof,” Medvedev stated.
“So the temperature contained in the venue is at all times above zero. I actually hope there can be no want for such measures, however the stadium might be became a hospital if vital.
“However up to now, native authorities haven’t requested us to do this.”
In March, all Russian Premier League matches had been postponed as a result of unfold of the Covid-19, which has placed on maintain just about all main sporting occasions throughout the globe.
The stadium, which is situated on Krestovsky Island in St. Petersburg, has a capability of 67,000.
It opened in April 2017 and has hosted matches on the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup and the Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup.
