Qatar builds world’s first transportable football arena
This is Stadium 974, thought to be the first-ever FIFA World Cup stadium which can be dismantled and then reassembled anywhere in the world. It has been built and paid for by this year’s World Cup host nation Qatar. It’s called 974 because the number is the international dialing code for Qatar (+974), as well […]
Qatar builds world’s first transportable football arena
This is Stadium 974, thought to be the first-ever FIFA World Cup stadium which can be dismantled and then reassembled anywhere in the world.
It has been built and paid for by this year’s World Cup host nation Qatar.
It’s called 974 because the number is the international dialing code for Qatar (+974), as well as being the exact number of shipping containers used in the stadium’s construction.
The concept of the stadium was designed by Fenwick Iribarren Architects, based in the Spanish capital Madrid.
The concept of sustainability is at the core of the stadium’s, says Mark Fenwick, one of the partners in the architectural practice:
The stadium has a capacity of 40,000 spectators and is built according to a modular design, using recycled shipping containers.
Qatar says the stadium will be donated to under-developed nations who wish to use it. The stadium was tested out during the FIFA Arab World Cup which Qatar hosted in November-December last year.