Qatar to build first stadium by 2015
Reuters - Monday 06 June 2011, 12:57
DOHA - Qatar plans to complete
construction of the first stadium for the 2022 World Cup
by 2015, its state news agency said on Monday.
"We are looking to complete the first stadium with cooling
system technology by 2015," Qatar News Agency cited Qatar 2022
Supreme Committee secretary general Hassan Al Thawadi as saying.
The Gulf state hopes to assign programme management for the
first stadium by the end of 2011 "to set the ball rolling for
the major project in the first quarter next year," Thawadi said.
The country planned to host a major football tournament
before 2022, in addition to the Confederations Cup in 2021, he
said.