The FIFA World Cup 2022 Qatar is attracting attention for all the wrong reasons. The chosen hosts are being haunted by corruption allegations and death of construction workers while fans and FIFA officials alike are protesting the plan to do the quadrennial sports gathering in the Western Asian country because of extremely hot weather. They argue that Qatar's incredibly high summer temperature will make it hard to play matches and will put players' lives in peril.
Investigations on the FIFA World Cup 2022 Qatar corruption accusations are still ongoing. However, for the hosts, they are positive that the sports event will be held in their soil. In fact, they are ready to spend billions of dollars to build a modern and ambitious society. From a report by Gizmodo, this city, which will be called Lusail, will serve as 'crux' of the World Cup and will be “one of technologically-enabled ease, leisure, and efficiency.”
Gizmodo wrote:
“On this 14-square-mile patch of land, Qatar is spending $45 billion to build a new city within a matter of years. It will be a "smart, peaceful and inspirational environment," in the words of Lusail Real Estate Development Company. "A futuristic project which will create a modern and ambitious society." It will be a luxury-oriented hub surrounded by crystal-clear Gulf waters, home to dozens of brand-new neighborhoods and whiz-bang infrastructural systems.”
This is a dangerous move for Qatar, especially with the fact that building an ambitious project such as this takes years, decades almost, to be completed. The country is still busy with the 11 stadiums for the FIFA World Cup 2022. Qatar, though, seems to not care and they are willing to spend a lot of money for this to get it in time for the football competition.
“And at the center of all this newness is the Lusail Iconic Stadium—one of ten being built around the small country in preparation for the World Cup. Designed by the venerable British architect Norman Foster, the 86,000-seat stadium will have zero carbon footprint and be entirely solar-powered and employ a series of $500,000 devices called "manmade clouds" to shield it from the sun. Floating high over the stadium, these carbon-fiber sun shields will be kept afloat by several solar-powered motors.”
