Sergey Kamin, the head of the Stadion Volgograd project of Stroytransgaz, the director of construction, said that ammunition stockpiles left after the Battle of Stalingrad are slowing down the construction process at the Arena-Pobeda Stadium. Over 20 shells have already been found, TASS reports.
The constructors checked the territory and defused 9 shells.
The 45,000-seater Arena-Pobeda Stadium is under construction over the old Central Stadium between Mamayev Kurgan and the right bank of the River Volga. The construction was ordered by Sport-In, Stroytransgaz is the general contractor. The contract is worth about 17 billion rubles. The construction will be completed in November 2017.
