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According to the committee, the stadium has a capacity of 80,000 spectators, the largest stadium to host the final. In addition to the opening and final matches, the stadium will host several matches during the tournament.
The design was unveiled at a ceremony held in the Lusail Marina in the presence of Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad al-Thani and political figures such as the Secretary-General of the United Nations. United, Antonio Guterich, Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Jawad Zarif and his Turkish counterpart, Mouloud Chaawishoglu.
The High Commission expects stadium construction to be completed in 2020 and is being implemented by a consortium including HSBC and Qatar Railway Company.
"Our ceremony marks today the beginning of a new phase of the journey of the State of Qatar and the International Football Federation towards the realization of the dream of the region to host the first World Cup on Arab soil, "said Hassan Al Thawadi, secretary general of the organizing committee.
"After four years of organizing the tournament, Qatar has made great progress in implementing infrastructure projects," he said, adding that the eight stadiums would be ready by now the end of 2020.
Lusail will be the last stage to host the final and the committee hopes to complete the construction of the stadium in the first quarter of 2020, announced stadium project director, Tamim Al-Abed, during a tour organized by the Commission to a number of media, tap.
The deputy head of the technical bureau of the Supreme Committee, Yasser Al-Jamal, told reporters that the total cost of the stadium was about 800 million dollars.
The British company Foster & Co. carried out the project by drawing inspiration from the Arab culture in general and the Islamic country by combining two elements of Arab life known in the architectural and craft arts, lanterns and brass vases made in the hand, to reflect the history of the region. Arab and Islamic countries, and celebrate it generously and celebrate the guest. "
After the end of the tournament, the stadium will keep its steel outer facade, while the whole interior will be converted "into several service facilities catering to the needs of the inhabitants of Lucille, such as schools, cafes, shops, clinics medical facilities, sports facilities, etc. The tournament donated the stadium's removable seats to benefit from the development of sports projects around the world, according to the committee.
– "Limited" request for sports facilities –
Earlier Saturday, the committee visited the workshop located about 15 km north of Doha.
The project leader told reporters that the stadium would become a "non-sport facility" after the World Cup. "Qatar is of course a small country whose population is limited and the demand for sports facilities is therefore very limited."
"We have Al-Wakra, Al Rayyan, Khalifa, Education City, Al-Bayt, Ras Abu Aboud and Al-Thamma, so the capacity of the State of Qatar is in surplus."
"Every stadium that hosts a World Cup final has a lot of memories for many people, everyone remembers where they played a particular game, I think Lucille will be," said Al-Abed. I think that the technological capabilities of the building will be advanced for the simple reason that in 2018, we will organize the tournament in 2022, the facilities and technologies available were not available to us at previous World Cups. "
The stadium will have a cooling system including all Qatar stadiums. Al Abed explained that the temperature on the green rectangle will be set at 26 degrees Celsius during the tournament, which will be held exceptionally from November 21 to December 18, 2022, instead of the usual summer temperatures, in order to reduce the impact of high temperatures in Qatar. During the summer
The project currently employs 3,200 workers of at least seven nationalities and, according to the organizers, the number of workers at the top of the construction should be between seven and eight thousand.
Human rights organizations have criticized Qatar over the employment situation in the World Cup facilities. However, Doha stresses that it is taking all necessary measures to improve the conditions of the foreign labor force and has taken a series of measures in this regard.
Al-Abed said on the sidelines of the tour at Lusail Stadium "The Higher Committee is paying close attention to the situation of any worker participating in the Higher Committee project." He said.
"These requirements include two aspects of workers' lives: the first concerns the working conditions, the origin of the workers, the method of payment of their wages, the way in which they obtain their passport, their holidays and the work they do. equity of the contracts for which they work.
"Of course, this is a process that the High Committee is conducting with the private sector because without the commitment and efforts of private companies, we could not succeed, "he said.
Lusail is the "largest real estate project of the State of Qatar", with an area of 38 km 2 (land and water included), consisting of 19 neighborhoods and 65 000 dwellings. To date, 90% of its infrastructure work has been completed.
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