Why do I catch myself staring at a stadium for minutes at a time? It’s because my eyes find it to be stunning. Venue after venue continue to impress and fans that attend the World Cup and get the opportunity to take in a match here will talk about it forever. Let’s get to know Al Janoub Stadium – 10 Fun Facts.
Dhow Boat Stadium
- 40,000 seat capacity stadium will play host to six group stage matches and a round of 16 match.
- Considered an epicenter for Pearl diving and fishing, the city of Al Wakrah is the home to Al Janoub Stadium.
- The awe inspiring design of the stadium revolves around the traditional dhow boats.
- A historically inhabited area, Al Wakrah will allow its guests to frolic along the waterfront, shop at unique local stores or take in a history lesson at a local museum.
- Surrounding Al Janoub Stadium is a state of the art complex that will host schools, restaurants, markets, gyms, a wedding hall, cycling, horse riding and running tracks.
- Of the 40,000 seats, 20,000 will be removed following the tournament and donated to other soccer related projects to countries around the world.
- Fans will revel once inside Al Janoub Stadium because there are two bowed beams that hold up the roof which take after a ship’s hull.
- In 2013, blueprints of the stadium were born.
- It only took a little over 9 hours to lay the fields grass which was farmed at a local nursery.
- Along with a majority of the other host stadiums of the World Cup, the shape brings aerodynamics that give premium shading and temperature control.
