Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy, which is responsible for delivering the stadia and infrastructure for football’s Fifa World Cup in 2022, has provided an update on the eight venues scheduled to stage games during the national team tournament.
The update was given to mark six years until the start of the 2022 World Cup. The eight venues are each at different stages in their development.
The Khalifa International Stadium is scheduled to be the first World Cup venue to be finished, with a completion date set for the first quarter of 2017. The Supreme Committee noted that the stadium’s roof cabling system has now been completed, with the canopy roof to be fixed to the cabling in the coming weeks.
The Al Bayt Stadium, which will serve as the home of Qatari team Al Khor Sports Club, has had its main structure fitted, with work ongoing on access tunnels and bridges leading to the venue. A nearby workers’ accommodation area has also been completed. A retractable roof will serve as a main feature of the facility.
The Qatar Foundation Stadium, located in Doha’s Education City, is due to be ready by the end of 2019. In recent months, further bulk excavation works of a total volume of 650,000 cubic metres have been completed, while a dewatering system for the next main-package contractor has also been implemented. The main works contractor will be fully mobilised on-site by the end of the year.
A main contractor for the Al Wakrah Stadium has now been signed up and is currently readying the stadium design. Foundation works are said to be progressing well, with three cranes having been installed within the stadium bowl. Construction work above ground on the stadium’s superstructure is due to begin before the end of the year.
Al Rayyan Stadium, which will serve as the home of current Qatar Stars League champion Al Rayyan Club, will provide the local community with a sporting hub once completed. The first concrete was recently poured at the stadium’s West Stand, with the main contractor continuing to make progress on the ground's construction.
The Supreme Committee said that work on the 80,000-capacity Lusail Stadium, which will host the opening match and final of the World Cup, is also progressing well. The ground is expected to be completed by the end of 2020, with early works having been completed and the project team now on site.
Early works are also underway at Ras Abu Aboud Stadium, which was announced as the tournament’s seventh venue in December 2015. The stadium will be one of the first sports venues designed from scratch that has the ability to transform into a multi-purpose urban neighbourhood after the tournament.
Finally, Arab Engineering Bureau has been appointed as the design consultant for Al Thumama Stadium, on which early works have begun. Levelling and grading works are currently being undertaken at the 40,000-seat stadium, whose capacity will be halved following the conclusion of the tournament in line with the Supreme Committee’s legacy model.
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