ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) Football fans can go on a roller-coaster ride at their World Cup games in St. Petersburg, and that’s even before kickoff.
An array of actual white-knuckle rides stand in the amusement park close to the stadium on a pre-match walk from the metro station.
Emerging from Krestovsky Ostrov station on the No. 5 metro line, fans see the spaceship-like stadium more than 1 kilometer (1,100 yards) away through the tree-lined path in the landscaped Primorskiy Victory Park.
Step into the park and fans must first walk past the fairground attraction known as Divo Ostrov – or ”Wonder Island.