Yerevan to house a 33,000 capacity National stadiumNovember 13, 2018 - 17:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - President of the Football Federation of Armenia and head of the National Security Service Artur Vanetsyan has revealed that a new stadium will be built in Yerevan in the coming years. The National stadium - as the new facility will be called - will have a capacity of 33,000 which will give the Armenian capital the opportunity to host the Europa League Final. According to Vanetsyan, $100 million will be spent on the project. The FFA chief also said FIFA President Gianni Infantino has expressed an interest in joining the groundbreaking ceremony. As reported earlier, Vanetsyan has invited Infantino to Armenia. According to preliminary agreement, Infantino will arrive in Yerevan in 2019. Top stories Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports. 10 Armenian lifters will compete in the 2021 World Championships scheduled to be held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |