Doha: Qatar on Sunday unveiled the
design for what it claims is the World Cup’s first ‘reusable’ stadium, the
seventh of eight expected venues that will stage games during the 2022
tournament.
Ras Abu Aboud is a 40,000 stadium that will be built on
Doha’s southern waterfront and host matches up to the quarter-final stage.
After the tournament the stadium will be taken down, with the parts put in to
containers in the hope it will be reassembled and used elsewhere.
“This venue offers the perfect legacy, capable of being
reassembled in a new location in its entirety or built into numerous small
sports or cultural venues,” said Hassan al- Thawadi, secretarygeneral of
Qatar's World Cup organising committee.
Among the materials used are modified shipping containers,
according to a statement from Thawadi’s Supreme Committee for Delivery &
Legacy. The architects are a Madrid-based company, Fenwick Iribarren. They were
also chosen to design another tournament venue, the Qatar Foundation stadium.
Qatar has now revealed the designs for all venues expected
to be used in 2022 except the Lusail Stadium, which will host the opening game
and World Cup final. Qatar’s government has said it is spending $500 million a
week preparing for the World Cup.
Source: THE TIMES OF INDIA-27th November,2017
