“The capacity of the stadium under construction at Luzhniki is 5,000 seats, including VIP seats, seats for the press, athletes and people with limited mobility.
For the first time at the World Beach Football Championship there will be a stadium with such a capacity, ”Volodarskiy TASS quoted as saying.
He noted that during the visit of the head of FIFA Gianni Infantino, the issue of the occupancy of the stands was discussed with him.
“We came to an agreement that the stadium should be COVID-free, taking into account the fulfillment of all requirements from the regulatory organizations: this is Rospotrebnadzor and FIFA's covid regulations.
We want the stadium to use the QR code system, thus we will increase the possible number of spectators, ”Volodarskiy added.
The Beach Soccer World Championship will be held in Moscow from 19 to 29 August.
The Russian national team got into group A, where they will play with the teams of the USA, Paraguay and Japan.
Earlier, Alexander Dyukov said that the 2021 World Cup in Moscow will further increase interest in beach soccer in Russia.