Qatar
Stadium designed by Zaha Hadid to be ready by year-end
Stadium designed by Zaha Hadid to be ready by year-end
February 06, 2018 | 06:31 PM
The Qatar World Cup venue designed by celebrated Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid will be finished by the end of 2018, officials responsible for the project said on Tuesday.
The 40,000 capacity, $575mn Al Wakrah Stadium is expected to be one of two further 2022 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 will have built almost half of its proposed eight venues with four years still to go to the tournament.The Khalifa International Stadium, also the venue for the 2019 World Athletics Championships, was completed last year."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.
February 06, 2018 | 06:31 PM