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St. Petersburg Stadium Getting New Pitch Ahead Of Confederations Cup

Russian organizers "are hurrying to lay a new field at the St. Petersburg stadium" which will host the final of the Confederations Cup, according to the AP. With less than a month until the tournament kicks off, the 68,000-seat St. Petersburg Stadium "requires its third pitch following severe technical problems with the first two." Organizers have started the "active phase" of laying a new pitch and it should be finished by June 2, "15 days before the arena is due to hold the opening game of the Confederations Cup between Russia and New Zealand." The stadium was designed with a "mechanism allowing the pitch to slide outside the stadium for better growing conditions." However, that is not working "because of temporary facilities built around the arena for the Confederations Cup and next year's World Cup" (AP, 5/22).

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