2024-12-11T17:05:26-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150019088/this-russian-farmer-built-a-stadium-out-of-straw-to-satirize-the-new-zenit-arena-in-saint-petersburg Nicholas Korody 2017-07-24T13:13:00-04:00 >2017-10-04T14:24:31-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ij/ije1fsy1ylv8fabe.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>A farmer in Russia has built a football stadium out of straw to mock the ballooning cost and corruption surrounding the construction of St Petersburg&rsquo;s Zenit Arena, recently opened for the 2018 World Cup. Although the straw version in the Stavropol region lacks the extra-terrestrial elegance of the Kisho Kurokawa&rsquo;s design, and while its seating capacity is rather less than 68,000, it was a great deal cheaper: $673 compared with the original&rsquo;s $720m.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Here's an image of the IRL Zenit Arena:</p> <figure><figure><a href="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/1028x/ip/ip7vt3mfglt0dbc5.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/1028x/ip/ip7vt3mfglt0dbc5.jpg"></a></figure></figure><p>And here's a video of the construction of the straw parody:</p> <p><br></p>