Community engagement 'is key to legacy plans of Qatar 2022 stadiums'

The Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) recently participated in the European Stadium & Safety Management Association (Essma) Summit in Portugal. 

More than 375 delegates attended the event at Estádio do Dragão – the home of FC Porto – to network, share ideas and learn best practices.The fifth edition of the event featured more than 30 speakers, including the SC's Al Thumama Stadium senior engineer Khalifa al-Mana, who briefed attendees on the 2022 FIFA World Cup preparations, including overall progress at the eight proposed tournament venues.Al-Mana highlighted the importance of engaging with communities around the stadiums and outlined the advantages of hosting a compact World Cup for players and fans, according to a report on sc.qa"By engaging with the communities around each of our venues, we will guarantee a successful legacy use for all Qatar 2022 stadiums," said al-Mana. "Each of the arenas will have a different use after the tournament. Thanks to the modular top tiers, the capacity will be reduced in many of them so we can reuse this space in different ways after 2022."The future use of these arenas has been smartly planned to complement our compact tournament concept. The longest distance between venues is just 55km. That means no internal flights for fans once they arrive and more rest and training time for players."Al-Mana talked in detail about all the proposed host venues, with a specific focus on Al Thumama Stadium and its unique design, inspired by the 'gahfiyatarget="_blank"'>