Soccer World Cup 2022 | The scandalous figures of the Qatar World Cup: stadiums, viewers…

11/10/2022 at 11:55

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The World Cup in Qatar, which will start on November 20, will present seven football stadiums that have been built or remodeled specifically for this World Cup event, with an architecture that brims with innovation and spectacularity

Seven of the eight stadiums in which the matches will be played have been built specifically for the World Cup in Qatar

The qatar world cupwhich will start on November 20, will present seven football stadiums that have been built or remodeled specifically for this World Cup event, with a architecture that overflows innovation Y spectacularity.

In total they will be eight the stadiums in which the matches of the great tournament will be played, which in turn will have five cities as official headquarters: Al Rayyan, Khor, Lusail, Doha and Al Wakrah.

As expected, the World Cup in Qatar has been one of the sporting events with the highest financial investment in terms of its facilities. Some stadiums have been completely refurbished while others have been built from scratch and will feature a modern yet sustainable design.

Qatar will become the most expensive World Cup in historywith an expense of more than 200 billion dollars, an investment more than expected in a country with enormous economic potential.

The figures regarding the previous World Cups are overwhelming, the World Cup Brazil 2014 was the second with a higher expense with 15 billion.

Beyond the construction of numerous stadiums from scratch, this difference is due to the fact that the more than 200,000 million are also part of a plan to expand Qatar to 2030which includes the construction of a center for innovation with the metro network, airports and hotels, among others.

The lusail stadium will be the one that hosts more spectators in its matches, with a capacity for 80,000 fansand has a system of solar panels to provide electricity not only to the stadium but to the rest of the surroundings.

Inside, an area of ​​boxes and hotels have been built for those present, as well as a roof that can be opened and closed depending on weather conditions. It will also be the stadium where the grand final will be held on December 18.

On the other hand, the one who opens the tournament will be the Al Bayt Stadiumwhere the hostess Qatar and Ecuador faces will be seen on the first day of the World Cup, with 60,000 seats in its stands. The enclosure has a design inspired by an Arab tent.

The works in the stadiums have been pharaonic and seven of the eight stadiums will have a refrigeration system which will bring the temperature to 22 degrees, beyond the outside climate, which in the months of November and December is cold in the country of the United Arab Emirates.

The FIFA President, Giani Infantinohad words about the number of viewers expected for the next World Cup in Qatar.

It is expected to be seen by some 5 billion of people around the world. At the 2018 World Cup in Russia, audience figures beat the recordmore than 3.5 billion of people

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