Cooling, controversy and containers: A guide to Qatar’s World Cup stadiums | iainpayten
History tells us now it was all an expensive charade, but when the bidders and voters gathered in Zurich in 2010 to choose the host of the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups, the public part of Qatar’s pitch was straightforward., Qatar pledged: “If you come, we will build it.”
Under Qatar’s original plan, the country would build nine new stadiums and renovate three, but that was later refined to seven new venues and refurbishing one, the Khalifa International Stadium. Under the original plan, too, the tournament was to be played in its normal window of the northern summer, despite outside temperatures routinely rising above 40 degrees.
Given the tiny Gulf nation doesn’t need them post-World Cup, however, most stadiums have been designed to be downsized, re-purposed and in the case of the 974 Stadium , pulled down and its parts donated to developing nations.The majority of the workforce who built Qatar’s stadiums and World Cup infrastructure are migrant workers, most from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
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