JOSE CARRERAS IS IN SOCHI TODAY, TO TAKE PART IN A CULTURAL EVENT AROUND THE 2014 SOCHI PARALYMPIC GAMES - THE WHITE STICK FESTIVAL, DRAWING ATTENTION TO CHILDREN WITH EYE DISEASES - AND FOR THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE GAMES - 8 TO 10PM, LOCAL TIME, live.russia.tv/index/index/channel_id/1 - DURING WHICH HE WILL SING THE PARALYMPIC ANTHEM, BY THIERRY DARNIES. SOCHI - The Fisht Olympic Stadium, venue for this evenings Closing Ceremony of the 2014 Sochi Paralympic Games. Fisht Olympic Stadium (Russian: Олимпийский стадион «Фишт», Olimpiyskiy stadion Fisht) is an open-air stadium in Sochi, Russia. Located in Sochi Olympic Park and named after Mount Fisht, the 40,000-person-capacity stadium was built primarily for the 2014 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, serving as the Olympic stadium, the venue for their opening and closing ceremonies. Designed by Populous and British design consultancy Buro Happold, the stadiums roof was built from approximately 36,500 square metres (393,000 sq ft) of ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) and was designed to give the roof the appearance of snowy peaks. The bowl opens to the north, allowing a direct view of the Krasnaya Polyana Mountains, and the upper deck is open to the south, allowing a view of the Black Sea.[3][4] Having opened in 2013, it cost $779 million to build the stadium.[1] After the Games, the stadium complex will serve as a training centre and match venue for the Russia national football team.[1] Fisht stadium is one of the 11 arenas to host matches in the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[5] In October 2013, the Central Bank of Russia issued a commemorative 100-ruble note,[6] a hundred days before the start of the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi. The blue-tinted banknote depicts a flying snowboarder on one side, and on the other the Fisht Olympic Stadium[7] and a firebird. (From Wikipedia)
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