The city, which is in a joint venture with McDonald's, began clearing kiosks Tuesday from a square adjacent to the sports complex, close to Prospekt Mira metro station.
"We are moving the kiosks to make way for McDonald's," Galina Sinitsyna, deputy head of construction for the local government, said as she supervised the removal effort.
McDonald's already has three restaurants in Moscow and plans to put up its golden arches at several other locations.
Its first restaurant in the city, at Pushkin Square, remains the world's busiest, with more than 1,000 employees serving tens of thousands of customers a day. McDonald's even has its own local farm to ensure quality control of its hamburgers.
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