The 2022 World Cup in Qatar is, on the whole, unfathomable. The mind boggles at an expenditure of $200 billion, while a current reported death toll of over 1,400 migrants is like combining the casualties of the Falklands War and 2011 Egyptian revolution. All this to kick that ball around.
It feels almost shameful, like a morbid fascination, to look at the byproduct of it, but in the Qatari sands these pharaonic stadiums are rising. In fact, an entire city — Lusail and its showpiece 86,000-seat venue — is being built from scratch, a sort of Lovecraftian horror where the Lusail Iconic Stadium lies, a visceral nightmare corpse-city with sprinklers feeding a small patch of grass that gives way to arid wilds that fade into reddish yellow perpetuity.
Here are the latest images of the eight venues. Two of them (Al Janoub Stadium and Khalifa International Stadium) have been completed.
Qatar 2022 World Cup Stadium Progress: Latest Photos
These images have been captured from the Road to 2022 YouTube account.
Lusail Iconic Stadium
Capacity: 86,250
Location: Lusail
Finished Rendering:
Al Bayt Stadium
Capacity: 60,000
Location: Al Khor
Finished Rendering:
Al Rayyan Stadium
Capacity: 44,750
Location: Al Rayyan
Finished Rendering:
Al Janoub Stadium (Finished)
Capacity: 40,000
Location: Al Wakrah
Education City Stadium
Capacity: 45,350
Location: Doha
Finished Rendering:
Khalifa International Stadium (Finished)
Capacity: 40,000
Location: Doha
Ras Abu Aboud Stadium
Capacity: 40,000
Location: Doha
Finished Rendering:
Al Thumama Stadium
Capacity: 40,000
Location: Doha
Finished Rendering: