By Andrew Warshaw
August 12 – Qatar hopes to finally reveal how many stadiums it will use in total for the 2022 World Cup by the end of this year.
So far the organising committee has given details of five stadiums but have still not decided whether to use 12 – included in its original bid plan – or fewer. Eight is the absolute minimum.
A spokesman for Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy, said: “The final number of stadiums is still to be confirmed, but it is expected a decision will be reached towards the end of 2015.”
Despite the ongoing Swiss probe into the bid process that preceded the award of the 2018 and 2022 tournaments to Russia and Qatar respectively, Qatari officials remain confident the tournament will go ahead as planned and are pressing ahead with infrastructure that is expected to cost about $200 billion as part of a 2030 development plan.
To date, main contractors have been appointed for two venues. A joint venture between local firm Midmac Contracting and Dubai’s Six Construct was awarded the contract for Khalifa International while Qatar’s Galfar Al Misnad and Italy’s Salini Impregilo and Cimolai won the contract for Al Bayt Stadium.
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