Where will be FIFA World Cup 2018 in Saransk?

The Stadiums of Saransk

Saransk has several stadiums, swimming-pools, ski lodges, ice rinks, sport complexes, Olympic training centre, indoor BMX-centre and many others sport objects. Saransk was the host city for many sport events, such as Minor Olympic games of the Volga Federal District, summer Russian biathlon championship, Russian tennis championship among individuals, Russian Greco-Roman wrestling championship for youth, World and European ice speedway championship and others.

Location on map: https://www.google.ru/maps/place/Старт,+Стадион

 The stadium "Start":

But It has been begun the construction activities of new stadium for 45 000 seats especially for the FIFA World Cup 2018.  After the FIFA World Cup part of the stands, which consist of of prefabricated structures, will be dismantled . After this constant capacity will be 25 000 seats . According to preliminary plans, the shape and color of the new arena will resemble the red sun depicted on the flag of Mordovia. 

In 2010, the area near Volgograd street and the  river "Insar" was cleaned to a construction. It was  planned to finish the building of the stadium to 2012. Subsequently stadium opening was postponed for 2014-2015 . Besides the main arena is projected creation of the sports complex, which includes sport halls for basketball and volleyball, allowing to hold  world-class competitions (information from wikipedia). 

The picture of future stadium:

And the video of the project:

How can you get to Saransk from Moscow?

In the first you can get to Saransk by the plan from airport "Domodedovo". It will be expensive, but faster than other types of of transport. You can find the flight schedule on website of  "Domodedovo" http://www.domodedovo.ru,  Saransk airport http://www.aviamordovia.ru.

The aiport is located near Saransk, in the village Lukhovka. You can get bu bus or taxi to the central of the city from the airport.

In the second you can get to Saransk by the train. The most comfortable is named train "Mordovia" (number 41-42). You should get to the Kazan Railway Station in Moscow (metro station Komsomolskaya), then you go from there by train "Mordovia" to Saransk. The price is depended on a type of train car: economy class or separate compartments. This train is comfortable and not very expensive. The named train "Mordovia" (number 41-42) departs from the Kazan Railway Station, Moscow daily at 21.24 (Moscow time). The train arrives at the station of Saransk at 06.45 h (Moscow time). The time of the journey is 9.21 h.  The train arrives daily. This train departs from Saransk at 20:40 h (Moscow time) and arrives the Kazan Railway Station, Moscow at 06:03 h. The train arrives daily.  There is a photo of a  train "Mordovia":

The Saransk Railway Staition is located in the cenral of our city. More information http://xn--80aa4alnee.xn--h1alffa9f.xn--d1ad.xn--80adplho.tel

The third way is bus. To my mind is won't be comfortable trip. You can get by bus from Moscow Central Bus Station (metro station Schelkovskaya) to Saransk bus station. The bus schedule:

07:45 (Moscow) - 20:05 (Saransk), 17:45 (Moscow) - 06:05 (Saransk)

In finally you can get to Saransk by car.

Some information about city.

Saransk is a city in central European Russia and the capital of the Republic of Mordovia, as well as its financial and economic center. It is located шт the Volga basin and the  confluence of the Saranka and Insar Rivers, roughly 630 kilometers (390 mi) east of Moscow. Population: 297,415 people (2010 Census).  Ethnic Russians form the majority of the population (about 85%), and Russian, rather than any of two co-official Mordovic languages, is the common language of communication in the city. Saransk has three Orthodox Churches and also a small Lutheran Church provided by the Finnish Lutheran Church and opened in 2005. One There are also three Mosques. The main cathedral in Saransk is Cathedral of St. Theodore Ushakov, which was completed in 2006.The city has a large number of buildings remaining from the 17th and 18th centuries; however, many parts of the town are dominated by Soviet era apartment blocks, dating mainly from the 1960s, similar to other provincial towns which expanded rapidly due to fast industrialization. These buildings are nearing the end of their service life and are in need of serious repair and, in many cases, replacement. Industrial enterprises are mainly located to the north of the town center. The eastern part of Saransk, located east of the Insar River, is Posop. An interesting detail is the Soviet era military base, belonging to the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, which is located along the railway lines and serves of a time when Saransk was, effectively, a closed city.The municipal transit system of Saransk consists primarily of a network of bus and trolleybus lines (information from wikipedia).

Saransk is the city of the sport. There are a lot of stadiums, sport complexes, swimming pools, tennis courts and etc. Saransk is motherland of Olympic champions: Alexei Mishin, Olga Kaniskina, Alexander Zubkov and oher.

The Head of the Republic of Mordovia is Volkov Vladimir. Yhe mayor of Saransk is Tultaev Petr. All oficial information of Saransk you can find on website http://adm-saransk.ru and http://www.e-mordovia.ru

The coat of arms: