Wedding hall for citizens opened in Al Wakrah

In a bid to reduce the high marriage costs and help Qatari youth get married, the government has opened a new wedding hall in Al Wakrah, which will be available to the citizens free of charge from next month.
The Minister of Municipality and Environment H E Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Rumaihi yesterday opened the Al Wakrah Celebration Halls Complex. This is the third such facility after the wedding halls in Al Rafaa and Al Daayen opened in the past years.
“This halls will serve the people of Al Wakrah and the surrounding areas and play role in reducing marriage costs and encourage youth to get married as the government is providing these halls fully-furnished and free of charge with all the required facilities and in good locations,” the Minister told the media on the sidelines of the opening ceremony.
He added that the facility is available for residents of Al Wakrah and outside areas.
The project executed by the Special Engineering Office on an area of 90,000 sqm consists of five halls equipped with latest audio-visual technology and highest safety and security measures, said Engineer Faisal Abdullah Al Dawsari, Director of Projects at the Special Engineering Office. The work was completed in 18 months.
Each of the halls has a capacity to accommodate at least 500 people and the five halls have been designed with internal partitions, that can be removed to convert the facility to one large hall with a capacity of 2,500 people, Al Dawsari added. The total area of the halls is 7500 sqm.
There is parking space for 900 cars. As for the design and equipment, Al Dowsari pointed out that there is no difference from the halls in Al Rafaa and Daayen areas except in the exterior painting in which the marine nature of the area has been reflected by mixing white and blue colours.
Each person has a chance to book one hall and its use is only allowed for weddings as aim of building these halls is to facilitate wedding celebrations and to use for other purposes, the operating company needs to be contacted, he said.
Khalid Tariq Al Shamlan, Director of Al Rayyan Company for Celebrations, which is a government company running the halls in the three areas said out that the halls will start operating from February 1, and will serve the Southern part of the country which had no such wedding halls .
Each of the five halls has special rooms for the groom and bride with the required facilities. Interested people can apply online through the website of the company , said Al Shamlan. The halls can accommodate five weddings at one time.
Director of Al Wakra Municipality, Mansour Ajran Al Bu Aynain, said that the design of the halls reflects Islamic architecture, and the halls will greatly support youth willing to get married.
“ It is a great support to the young people, and the location is very good that people can access easily. The people in Al Wakra had been eagerly waiting for these halls and I expect high demand,” said the famous Qatari preacher, Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Bu Aynain.