It has also been repeatedly awarded the VCSPS Diploma, which rates the quality of all sport complexes in Russia.

The rapid completion of the stadium was due to the compatibility of two projects being completed at the same time: raw materials were being manufactured in the Lenin Kuibyshev Metallurg Factory and were delivered to the stadium directly.

[1] Metallurg's official opening took place on 10 August 1957 with the uncompleted tribune being replaced by wooden benches, the capacity of which was around 8,000.

The match took place in the Quarterfinals of the 1965 USSR Football Cup, where Krylya defeated Dinamo Saint Petersburg by three goals to one.

On 1976, the wooden benches were replaced by reinforced concrete seats on the stadium's tribune.