AL THUMAMA STADIUM IN PRISTINE CONDITION FOR QATAR WORLD CUP 2022
The World Cup 2022 in Qatar is about five months away. All 32 teams who will fight it out for the biggest prize in football have also been finalised, with Costa Rica clinching the last spot after defeating 10-man New Zealand 1-0 in their intercontinental play-off. The focus of the teams and their supporters is now on the main tournament, with the venues the centre of attention in what will be the first World Cup in the Middle East. Each venue in the country has a unique tale behind it. Like the 974 Stadium. The Ras Abu Aboud Stadium, as it is officially known, has a capacity of 40,000 and is basically a ‘pop-up’ stadium built out of shipping containers on Doha’s waterfront.
The Al Thumama Stadium continues the trend of innovation. The 40,000-capacity stadium has been designed keeping tradition in mind. The stadium resembles a gahfiya, which is the cap worn underneath a ghutra. With heat always a concern in the region, every seat has air conditioning vents below it throughout the stadium, which is a salient feature at all venues at the World Cup. (more…)
QATAR TO UNVEIL LARGEST STADIUM IN SEPTEMBER AHEAD OF WORLD CUP
The preparations for the Qatar 2022 World Cup tournament are still very much ongoing and judging by everything the host country has been doing and is still planning to do, there is indeed a lot to be hopeful and look out for ahead of the World Cup starting in the next year.
The country is trying to beat the rush as the world football governing body FIFA have earlier mandated that all the tournament venues should be made ready earliest one year before the commencement of the competition. In previous years, we have seen delays that led to this mandate not being kept, in countries like South Africa, Brazil, as well as Russia. However, Qatar are looking to introduce a change by working steadfastly to ensure that the entire stadiums that will be used for the tournament are ready before the deadline.
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