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Its field is used mainly for Football (soccer) games by Torpedo Luzhniki and Spartak Moscow . It is also one of the few major European stadiums to use an artificial pitch, as it installed a FieldTurf pitch in 2002 . FieldTurf is the best-known of the newest breed of artificial surfaces that offers more grass-like playing characteristics, and is approved by FIFA and UEFA for top-level competitions. The pitch is necessary for the cold Russian climate, as regular grass pitches are often destroyed during a typical winter and must be replaced at high cost. The ''Grand Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium'' was the chief venue for the 1980 Summer Olympics , the spectator capacity being 103,000 at that time. The Luzhniki Stadium also hosted the final game of the 1957 Ice Hockey World Championship between Sweden and the Soviet Union , attended by a crowd of 55,000 and setting a new world record. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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