Reports have it that the heavy rainfall burst open a heavy pipe near the stadium and flooded most of the areas the stadium.
“As far as we know, the stadium is not flooded. There has been a lot of damages in the areas surrounding the Stadium. Volgograd is known for her difficult weather, the city has been hit by heavy rainfall in the past two weeks.
According to the press service of the stadium administration, they confirmed that the rainfall has not done any damage to the functioning of “Volgograd-Arena” no “, – said the” Sport-In “, the legal owner of the 2018 World Cup stadiums.
“The stadium they said have a good foundation of concrete, its water is bypassed and went down the slope. They claim the flood only hit the slopes.