Lusail Stadium

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
(Redirected from Lusail Iconic Stadium)
Jump to: navigation, search
Lusail Stadium
استاد لوسيل  (Arabic)
File:Lusail Stadium.jpg
Interior view prior to a 2022 FIFA World Cup match between Argentina and Mexico on 27 November, looking eastward. Argentina won the match 2-0
Location Lusail, Qatar
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Public transit Lusail (لوسيل)
Capacity
  • 88,966 (2022–23)
  • 40,000 (future)[1][2]
Record attendance 88,966 (Argentina vs Mexico, 26 November 2022)
(Argentina vs Croatia, 13 December 2022)
Construction
Broke ground 11 April 2017
Opened 22 November 2021
Architect Foster + Partners, Populous
General contractor HBK Contracting, China Railway Construction Corporation[3]
Tenants
Qatar national football team (2022–present)

Lusail Stadium[4] (Arabic: استاد لوسيل‎‎[5], ALA-LC: Istād Lūsayl), sometimes referred to as Lusail Iconic Stadium, is a football stadium in Lusail, Qatar. Owned by the Qatar Football Association,[6] it is the biggest stadium in Qatar and one of eight stadiums that was converted for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the final game of which it will host.[7][8]

The stadium is located about 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Doha.[9] Lusail Stadium was inaugurated on 9 September 2022 with the Lusail Super Cup game.[10]

Construction

File:Lusail Multipurpose Hall 02.jpg
The stadium under construction in 2020

The procurement process for the stadium conversion began in 2014.[11] The stadium was built as a joint venture by HBK Contracting and the China Railway Construction Corporation.[12][13]

Like the other stadiums planned for the 2022 World Cup, the Lusail Stadium is cooled using solar power and is claimed to have zero carbon footprint.[14][15]

Construction began on 11 April 2017.[16] Completion of the stadium was originally scheduled for 2020. It was then to host three friendly matches until the 2022 World Cup,[17] but as the completion of the stadium was postponed, it is subsequently hosting 10 games including the final.[18]

Following the World Cup, it is expected to be reconfigured into a 40,000-seat stadium.[19] Excess seating will be removed, and other parts of the building repurposed as a community space with shops, cafés, athletic and education facilities, and a health clinic.[20]

Like other stadiums constructed for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Lusail stadium received a five star rating on 16 August 2022, for its design and construction, from the GSAS.[21]

A 2021 investigation by The Guardian revealed that over 6,500 migrant workers from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka died between 2010 and 2020 during construction of World Cup venues in Qatar.[22] The figures used by The Guardian did not include occupation or place of work so deaths could not be definitively associated with the World Cup construction programme, but "a very significant proportion of the migrant workers who have died since 2011 were only in the country because Qatar won the right to host the World Cup." Commenting on the investigation, Construction News noted, first, a 2014 BBC Newsnight investigation that claimed migrant workers employed by Carillion subcontractors in Qatar were forced to work in unsafe conditions and had wages withheld; secondly, it recalled a 2019 report by the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre showing construction firms working in Qatar and the UAE were "failing" to protect workers' rights – firms included former Carillion subsidiary Al-Futtaim Carillion, Interserve, Laing O'Rourke, Multiplex and Vinci QDVC.[23]

Lusail Super Cup

On 9 September 2022, the Lusail Stadium hosted the Saudi-Egyptian Super Cup, a tournament that served as a rehearsal for the World Cup finals, held between the two teams of Al Hilal, the 2021–22 Saudi Arabian champion, and Zamalek, the 2021–22 Egyptian champion, in front of 77,575 fans. The two sides played out 1–1 draw, with Al Hilal triumphing 4–1 after a penalty shootout.[24]

2022 FIFA World Cup

Lusail Stadium is hosting 10 matches during the 2022 FIFA World Cup, including the final.

Date Local time Team No. 1 Result Team No. 2 Round Attendance
22 November 2022 13:00  Argentina 1–2  Saudi Arabia Group C 88,012
24 November 2022 22:00  Brazil 2–0  Serbia Group G 88,103
26 November 2022 22:00  Argentina 2–0  Mexico Group C 88,966
28 November 2022 22:00  Portugal 2–0  Uruguay Group H 88,668
30 November 2022 22:00  Saudi Arabia 1–2  Mexico Group C 84,985
2 December 2022 22:00  Cameroon 1–0  Brazil Group G 85,986
6 December 2022 22:00  Portugal 6–1   Switzerland Round of 16 83,268
9 December 2022 22:00  Netherlands 2–2 (3–4 pen.)  Argentina Quarter-finals 88,235
13 December 2022 22:00  Argentina 3–0  Croatia Semi-finals 88,966
18 December 2022 18:00  Argentina –  France or  Morocco Final

See also

References

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  16. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  17. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  18. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  19. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  20. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  21. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  22. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  23. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  24. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=Lusail_Stadium&oldid=726655702"