I. Metshin: "Kazan Arena" gives us a great competitive advantage"

(Kazan City KZN.RU, November 9, Zilya Gayfi). The stadium "Kazan Arena" gives the capital of Tatarstan a great advantage in the competition between the cities of the Volga region. The match of the fourth round of the Europe League "Rubin" - "Liverpool" held on the new field of the stadium in Kazan on Thursday has collected 41,500 people on the stands and showed that Kazan meets the highest requirements of international events. This bar must be maintained in the future, said Mayor Ilsur Metshin, commenting the results of the match today on the Business Monday.

According to the head of the city, the match "Rubin" - "Liverpool" has attracted the attention of fans from around the Volga region, as well as Moscow and St. Petersburg. "A huge audience - 41,500 people - was at the match between Kazan and Liverpool clubs. This is a record for our city, many came from other cities to cheer “Rubin”, Tatarstan and the Volga region. Nearly 500 fans from Liverpool and several thousand fans from all over the former Soviet Union came to cheer for the legendary English club. This is a good example for us, that's what our Kazan club should strive for"- said the Mayor.

Great responsibility for ensuring order and security during the match was lying on city services. "It involved police forces, Interior Ministry units, private security agencies: about 500 police officers, 150 employees of internal troops and 500 supervisors. In general, the match "Rubin" – “Liverpool” took place without incidents", - the head of the Interior Ministry in Kazan Valeri Krasilnikov reported.

On the day of the match "Rubin" - "Liverpool" at the stadium "Kazan Arena" entertainment, fair of souvenirs and sports paraphernalia were organized, point of sale of hot food were deployed. Viewers could use the services of 200 stationary and 16 mobile food courts. As Ilsur Metshin noted, stadium "Kazan Arena" showed a new level of service to the sports facilities for the city.

At the day of the match the work of transport services was organized effectively.

As Ilsur Metshin noted, stadium "Kazan Arena" gave the great football festival to the capital of Tatarstan, thousands of visitors from different countries and cities became its participants. "Such a stadium as “Kazan Arena” gives us a great advantage in the competition between cities. About 15 million people live in the Volga region, they are our potential tourists. If we want to become a major tourist center, the sports brands, such as "Rubin", "Ak Bars", "Unix" and others will play into our hands. Fans, who come to the events, stay in our hotels, visit museums and theaters, walk the tourist routes. We will continue to be seriously engaged in it, "- said the Mayor and thanked the staff of city services, volunteers, management of the stadium and Directorate of sports programs for the excellent organization of the match "Rubin" - "Liverpool".

In general, according the head of the city, Kazan is increasingly becoming a venue for international sporting events. One of the notable events of the past, along with the match "Rubin" - "Liverpool", became a professional boxing event featuring famous athletes, held on November 4 at the platform "Tatneft Arena". "The evening of boxing gathered thousands of people in Kazan, including many foreign visitors, from which we subsequently received calls with good reviews. According to the organizers, today Kazan meets the highest requirements of international events. One event follows another, but as the Russian minister of sport Vitaly Mutko, who attended the match "Rubin" - "Liverpool", said, the number of applications for international events in Kazan is growing. This is very encouraging, "- said the Mayor.