Two out of total eight 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar stadiums are already complete while the construction work on the remaining venues of mega sport event is underway on full pace. Qatar has not only to organise a world-class sporting event in 2022 but also has to create a legacy of the event that will be remembered for years around the world.
Khlaifa International Stadium and Al Janoub Stadium – two venues of Qatar 2022 – are complete and have hosted matches. The Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy (SC) has now announced that the first batch of 92 containers for Ras Abu Aboud Stadium has arrived on the construction site.
In a tweet SC said that the first batch of containers for the first fully demountable stadium in FIFA World Cup history, has arrived on site and installation is set to begin in the near future.
The 40,000-seat venue for Qatar2022 will be built using modular building blocks. Constructed using shipping containers, removable seats and other modular “building blocks”, not only will this innovative, 40,000-seat venue have a remarkable design, but it will be entirely dismantled and repurposed after the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar. Its parts will be used in other sporting or non-sporting projects, setting a new standard in sustainability and introducing bold new ideas in tournament legacy planning.
According to SC website, excavations are complete and venue’s foundations are filled with reinforced concrete. Work on drainage networks and other utilities has begun.
Ras Abu Aboud Stadium, designed by Fenwick Iribarren Architects, will be a spectacular venue for matches up to the quarter-finals of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar. Following the tournament’s conclusion, the stadium will be dismantled and make way for a waterfront development for local people to enjoy.
In May this year, Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani had inaugurated the brand new Al Janoub Stadium where more than 36,000 fans witnessed a thrilling Amir Cup final between Al Duhail and Al Sadd.
This was the second 2022 FIFA World Cup stadium unveiled by Qatar in 24 months. In May 2017, the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy (SC) had opened the iconic Khalifa International Stadium.
Built from scratch, the ground-breaking ceremony of Al Janoub Stadium took place in 2014. In just five years, the 40,000-seater venue - designed by late British-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid - joined the list of stadiums completed by Qatar for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Meanwhile, Qatar Rail has also created history by launching preview service for the first part of the Doha Metro’s Red Line in May this year while the work on other lines in on fast track . Doha Metro will serve 2022 FIFA World Cup by providing the most convenient and fast transportation facility to visitors during the world cup.
