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| New Qatar Stadium the Most Expensive Ever |
| 2011-07-21 |
| The Sports City Stadium, one of 12 facilities being built for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, would be among the most technologically advanced, with removable seats that can scale the building down to a 10,000-seat amphitheater. The Stadium design is inspired by the shape of a Bedouin tent Originally designed to accommodate 45,000 spectators, the stadium’s capacity is now being increased to 65,000 which could take its cost past $2bn. “A lot of the cost is the fact that it’s much more than a stadium,” Meis said. “It’s a full entertainment destination in one building. It’s a mall, it includes a hotel tower, an office tower and a media tower that all support this giant floating roof and there’s occupied space up on the roof, as well. There are places where you can look from the roof of the building down to the pitch or to the plaza.” Making the best of other sucesses... The stadium will have a partially retractable roof, which will open and close in 15 to 20 minutes. The technology to adjust seating is based on Japan’s Saitama Stadium, also designed by Meis. Large seating blocks move on trucks and they can slide back and be moved elsewhere to open up space. They are similar to the retractable field used at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The cooling system will be combined with the stadium’s retractable roof, extending its reach beyond the pitch [soccer field] to plazas outside the venue to create an oasis-like feel in the desert. I'll start making my 2022 vacation plans right now! |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #2 Anxious for the Women's World Cup, Women's Softball World Series. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2011-07-21 22:46 |
| #1 It would be best if they spent that money educating their children in useful trades, but next best is wasting it on toys instead of jihad. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-07-21 11:49 |