The desert tournament in Qatar ends on Sunday. And the question arises: What remains of this World Cup?
Answer: Not the stadiums. Because some of them should be dismantled.
974 Stadium
The arena (44,089 seats), named after Qatar’s country code, was assembled from shipping containers. After the seven games that took place there and a fashion show, it should be completely dismantled – and given away to another country. So the promise before the tournament. Kosovo and Uruguay were last mentioned as candidates. It is also possible to divide the 974 containers and build several stadiums from them. Why the question of subsequent use is still unanswered is an open question. When the stadium is dismantled, a park will be built on the site.
Lusail-Stadion
Football will also never be played again in the arena where the final will be played today (88,966 spectators). The seat shells are to be removed and also donated. Shops, restaurants and maybe even a school and hospital will be built in the stadium.
The World Cup final between Argentina and France takes place in the Lusail Stadium on Sunday
Al Bayt
The opening match stadium (68,895 seats) faces a similar fate. It is to be reduced to 32,000 seats. A luxury hotel and a shopping mall are to move into the areas that are no longer needed.
Al Thumama
Reduction from 44,400 to 20,000 seats. Here, too, the expanded seats are to be given away to developing countries, although it is not yet clear to which countries exactly. Football will continue to be played in the stadium itself. However, who should play there is open.
Education City
Reduction from 44,667 to 20,000 seats. Future use for university sports
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Ahmad Bin Ali
Qatari club Al-Rayyan will play their league matches at the 45,023-seat stadium.
Al Janoub
This is where Al-Wakrah will play its home games in the local league. Capacity will be reduced from 44,325 to 20,000.
Das Al-Janoub-Stadion
Khalifa International
In the stadium (45,857 seats) big games will also be played after the World Cup, for example next year’s Asia Cup.
