In 20 minutes the roof of the Al Bayt Stadium in Qatar is closed

Football fans visiting the Al Bayt Stadium in the city of Al Khor in 2022 will walk through a landscape similar to Aspire Park. They will arrive at a stadium that is inspired by the traditional Arab tents and will be 37 meters high. Three rings with seats will provide space for 60,000 spectators of the World Cup in Qatar. The seats are black, red and white in the design of the tent. A sliding roof offers optimum cooling, so that you can play football all year round.

Now that the foundation and installation of the first 12-meter ring have been successfully completed, the construction of the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor City is progressing well. The first ring will have to bear the weight of the entire stadium. In this football stadium, matches will be played up to and including the semi-final of the World Championship 2022. The futuristic sliding roof has a mechanism similar to the Center Court in Wimbledon. The roof can be completely closed within 20 minutes.

Nasser Al-Hajeri's director of the football arena indicates that work on various sectors is continuing. " We now see the structure of the actual stadium created by the progress of the vertical structure. " Also, the structure of & eacute; & eacute; one of the two player tunnels is already ready, while the other is almost ready. A number of pillars have been put in place, making the highest point now 21 meters. These will carry the next two rings with a height of 37 meters.

Currently, 21 cranes are working on the Al Bayt Stadium, including a 280 tonne crane. 95% of the work on the foundation is ready. The next step is to place the top layer and install prefab elements. The stadium will be finished in the course of 2018.

The football stadium in Al Khor has a specific concept from Qatar and refers back to the history and culture, such as the nomad tents. The building gets a modern design with an upper ring with removable seats. After the World Cup in 2022, this ring will be removed again and the number of seats will be reduced to 32,000.

The Al Bayt Stadium has a cooling technique based on multiple cooling systems. These systems are cooled using the cold water from the nearby energy center.

The football stadium is one of the eight World Cup 2022 stadiums currently being built in Qatar. Security in the first priority of FIFA and the government of Qatar.

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Published on: 13-11-2016 20:15 | Updated on: 13-11-2016 20:15 | By: Patrick


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