It is human nature to be inherently selfish, and money talks. It's really that simple unfortunately.
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One great thing about the Qatar World Cup is that transport might not be a terrible issue. The longest distance covered to get from stadium to stadium will be a mind-bending 122 km, four of 12 stadia will be in Doha, and another six will be within 30km. Much better than the airplanes needed to connect in South Africa (or, worse, in Brazil).
I can't tell if the stadium drawings are amazing or garish as hell. I spin between the two reactions rather dramatically. I pulled these from Sports Illustrated.
Doha will add three grounds to the Khalifa Int'l Stadium:
Around Doha, there will be five other grounds as well as the Lusail Iconic Stadium, whose picture I didn't bother finding:
Finally, two stadia well outside (by Qatari standards) of Doha:
I can't tell if the stadium drawings are amazing or garish as hell. I spin between the two reactions rather dramatically. I pulled these from Sports Illustrated.
Doha will add three grounds to the Khalifa Int'l Stadium:
Around Doha, there will be five other grounds as well as the Lusail Iconic Stadium, whose picture I didn't bother finding:
Finally, two stadia well outside (by Qatari standards) of Doha:
Money talks if you let it, sooner or later somebody has to draw the line: Paying mega pounds for some EPL players who are wankers.
One of my main criticisms of awarding the WC to Qatar is not based in some of the questionable ethics of the country but instead of the sustainability of holding such a high profile tournanment. Qatar, unlike many of the other nations who also submitted bids, will pretty much have to build all of the stadia, training facilities and surrounding developments from scratch, in order to host the teams, media, officials and not to mention the many thousands of fans who will come over. On top of this, if the tournament were to be held in the summer, think of the energy that will be drained powering giant air conditioning units to cool an entire stadium! Although I am not doubting the spending power or ambition of the Qatari government, they are nevertheless taking an almighty risk with the amount of money that will need to be invested in order to get this WC off the ground.
Yeah, I think I love every one of those stadiums.
Doubt there will be any plastic chairs to hurl across plazas.
My personal favorite is the Vagina Stadium.
Stadiums are cool as shit but just more white elephants. 18 stadiums in 2 cities for a country whose entire domestic league system has 18 teams. Some of them will either have to be torn down or stand empty. Incredibly stupid use of resources.
The plan is that the stadiums will be donated to developing nations that could otherwise not afford them.
:avbshock:
Dismantle them and re-assemble them somewhere in Africa!? Wonder how much extra fuel/natural resources thats gonna require! Insanity!
After Russia it's going to be an age before another World Cup is hosted in Europe again (IMO). FIFA are going to keep on milking these potential revenue streams in countries where football is not a number one sport, or where the money lies (Qatar). England, of course, has a genuine credit to host another World Cup - we're probably the best country in world to do so since we have the infrastructure in place, right now, to host a World Cup. Of course, this is of no interest to FIFA because England is football mad and already the richest footballing nation on the planet in terms of revenue.
On top of that, UEFA decide to increase the size of the Euros and completely dilute the competition with weaker teams. The whole appeal of the European Championships was the sheer amount of quality sides within it's small format (16 teams).
Should hold World cup in OZ- Beers cold, suns warm, women plentyful, food fresh (no horse-meat!) Just ask the Barmy Army how good it is!