MOSCOW, Mar 24, Alexander Sergeev.The Spartak football club has almost completed the elimination of the comments to the Otkritie Bank Arena stadium, identified by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, for full compliance it is necessary to install full-height turnstiles, the press service of the Red-Whites reported. «Indeed, our stadium does not fully meet the requirements order No. 1092. At the same time, we have eliminated most of the comments and carried out a huge amount of work to equip the arena, which, let me remind you, successfully hosted matches of the World Cup, the Confederations Cup, as well as the Champions League and the Europa League.We have everything you need for a comfortable and safe the passage of spectators at the stadium — full-covering gates and the so-called tripods installed in 2019. Before full compliance with the order, we still have to install full-height turnstiles,» said Dmitry Zelenov, head of the press service. venues for official sports competitions and the technical equipment of stadiums to ensure public order and public safety.» Even after the World Cup, we asked the Ministry of Sports to leave all the equipment as a legacy, but, unfortunately, we were refused. And now these full-height turnstiles have become a kind of stumbling block that prevents, among other things, from fully implementing the ticket program. In the current realities, the installation of such turnstiles costs about 200 million rubles. In the current, to put it mildly, difficult environment, the price is rising and these costs seem to be very significant. It is obvious to us that the Otkritie Bank Arena is a modern stadium capable of hosting matches of any level safely and comfortably for spectators,» added the head of the press service. «Spartak» is actively looking for a solution, we are in constant contact with the RFU, RPL , the Ministry of Sports and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, we find understanding among colleagues. We prepared and sent several letters with proposals to soften the requirements of order No. 1092 in this part, with the possibility of using existing equipment, or — as an option — asked to be included in the state retrofitting program. We hope the optimal solution will be found — in close cooperation with all interested parties,» the club representative concluded.
