It hosted FC Mordovia Saransk, prior to their dissolution in 2020 from the Russian Professional Football League, replacing Start Stadium.

[1] After the FIFA World Cup, the stadium is expected to serve as Saransk and Mordovia's largest sports and leisure center.

[2] The decision to construct a new stadium in Saransk, a city 200 miles south-east of Moscow with a population of 330,000,[3] had been made before Russia's bid to host the FIFA World Cup was approved.

[4] But as FIFA's regulations stipulate a minimum capacity of 45,000 people the original plans were changed and the opening postponed when Saransk was listed as World Cup host city.

The stadium can be accessed by car and public transportation, special shuttle buses from the airport, railway station and hotels and from pick up parking points.

A gas station, an auto repair center as well as 14 residential wooden houses were demolished with almost all of whose residents have received compensation for land and new apartments, in order to make place for the stadium.

[8][9] The central district of Saransk, the place of the key sightseeing attractions, is a square limited by the streets Staroposadskaya, Botevgradskaya, Polezhaeva/Vasenko, Serova, and Alexandra Nevskogo.

Lenina Avenue connects the city center with the northern part of Saransk, first changing into Alexandrovskoye, and then to Lyambirskoye Highway.

[10] In the bid to host the 2018 World Cup that was submitted to FIFA, Saransk's new stadium was shown with a temporary design by German architect (which is blamed to be copied from the Soccer City Stadium in South Africa, which hosted the opening and closing ceremonies, and final match of the 2010 FIFA World Cup) Tim Hupe.

[11][3] The stadium has a high two-story stylobate covered with a bowl that is protected by the shell forming a canopy over the spectator seats.

Each sector has separate entrances, emergency exits, food outlets, first-aid stations and toilets, including facilities for people with disabilities.

[17][18] The stadium has a specially designated sector for guest team fans with separate entrances, food outlets, first-aid stations, and toilets.