Organisers test transport facilities in Qatar as the Gulf nation prepares to host troublefree 2022 football World Cup, an event expected to draw more than a million fans ⚽️🏆
More than a million fans are expected to visit the Gulf nation, where organisers hold a trial of what is being touted as"the most complex transport operations ever mounted for a major sporting event."
"This is the most complex transport operations ever mounted for a major sporting event," said Ahmad al Obaidly, chief operating officer of Mowasalat, on Thursday. In the first scrutiny of their years of preparations, organisers mimmicked the schedule for the busiest days of the tournament when about 300,000 fans could be in Doha at the same time.
The Al Bayt stadium, where the opening game will be held on November 20, does not have its own metro station. Hundreds of buses without passengers plied the 25 kilometres to the nearest station in the new city of Lusail, as they will when they take England and US fans to their match. Obaidly said 3,000 buses had been purchased and there would be more than 4,000 on the streets for the World Cup.
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