The Eight World Cup Stadiums That Resulted From Years of Controversy

How the stadiums for the Qatar World Cup were built has become one of the tournament's biggest flashpoints

Back when Qatar was still a long shot bidder to host the 2022 World Cup, its proposal was for 12 air-conditioned stadiums scattered around the country, including nine that would be built from scratch. All in all, it was a $3 billion project, according to bid documents.

As it turned out, the plan was a little ambitious—even for a country with the seemingly bottomless resources of Qatar. The group stage will instead take place across eight climate-controlled venues, seven of which didn’t exist 15 years ago.

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