Shipping containers are a menace to Lagos residents. Here, in Qatar Stadium 974 is a sight to be done. It is one of the stadiums that will take the 2022 World Cup starting here in less than 75 days from today.
Stadium 974 was built with 974 containers. They were beaten to shape to produce one of the spectacle of the 2022 World Cup. The same containers that make a mess of Nigerian roads add to the beauty of Qatar Country, the 2022 World Cup and the history that will be told and retold to generations to come. It is the first World Cup in the Middle East of the Country.
It is the first compact World Cup, the first in November and so the first that truly captures the context of the word ‘world’ and it’s meaning to the Mundial. If the World Cup is hosted by a few countries we may begin to redefine the word ‘world’ that actually underscores its global character. It will be wrong to deny any part of the world hosting rights because of their religion islam, time difference, weather or any nature of the country. And that’s one of the reasons the world will be here in Qatar from November 20 for the World Cup. Summer is considered too hot for football in Qatar but developed the cooling technology which may no longer be necessary since the World Cup will take place in November, the time of the year that is winter in Europe, the Americas and other places.
Although Qatar installed cooling technology in their stadiums and was ready to take place at anytime of the year there was good reason to move it to the conducive period of November and December which will just be about 28 degrees celsius, which Lothar Matthaus says will be ‘lovely for football.’
The ingenuity of cooling atmosphere, building a stadium with shipping containers are just tips of the icebag that will be take place as visitors at 2022 World Cup that Qatar will present in the coming days.
They are also the first in recent history to get their facilities ready even two years before the games. And these are facilities football legends like Ruud Gullit, Lotha Mattaus, Bora Milutinovic, Samuel Eto’o etc have described as the best they have seen for the World Cup. The facilities speak for themselves. Qatar 2022 World Cup is already turning a success even before the games. All eyes are on Hassan Al Thawadi to finish strongly the amazing work he started more than 10 years ago. He is the Secretary General, Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy who was Chief Executive Officer in Qatar’s Bid Committee where he worked closely with Bid Chairman, His Excellency Sheikh Mojammed bin Hamad Al Thani.
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