February 8 – The 2022 World Cup venue designed by Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid will be finished by the end of 2018, according to those responsible for the project.
The 40,000 capacity, $575 million Al-Wakrah Stadium is expected to be one of two venues completed this year. Building work on the 60,000 Al-Bayt stadium is also expected to be completed by December.
If so, it will mean Qatar – which is spending almost $500 million a week on World Cup projects – will have built almost half of its proposed eight venues with four years still to go to the tournament.
“We will be finishing hopefully by the end of this year and then ready to use,” Thani Al-Zarraa, Al-Wakrah’s project manager told AFP. Once completed, World Cup officials will trial the stadium with “test matches” including potential international friendlies.
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