Transportation Logistics

The thing about the World Cup is that this mega-sport event is awarded to a country (or countries) as opposed to a single city as is done for the Olympics.  Sixty-four matches will be played over a month-long period at 12 venues in 11 cities, in the largest country in the world by land mass that spans 11 time zones.  Even though the host cities are in the western part of the country, the distance by air between the western-most and eastern-most hosts -- Kaliningrad and Ekaterinburg -- is 1,500 miles, about the distance from London to Moscow.  In order to contain costs while optimizing the World Cup experience, our group will take in four matches at three stadiums in two cities (Moscow and St. Petersburg) over ten days.  #NoRestForWeary