Lusail Stadium Size Guide report

The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 is the 22nd World Cup, the first in history to be held in Qatar and a Middle Eastern country. In addition, the Qatar World Cup is the first football World Cup to be held in winter in the northern hemisphere and by a country that has never entered the World Cup.

On July 15, 2020, the 2022 Qatar World Cup schedule was announced, and all matches were held in 8 stadiums in Qatar. The Lusail Stadium, Qatar's largest stadium and the centerpiece of the 2022 Qatar World Cup, is now open to the public.

The opening and closing ceremonies, finals of the 2022 World Cup will be held at the Lusail Stadium. Lusail Stadium is a landmark sports building in Qatar; it is also a single cable-net roof single building with the largest span and the largest overhang distance in the same type of cable-net system in the world. Let's learn more about this wonderful stadium before the beginning of the 2022 World Cup.

Lusail Stadium Size and Structure

Lusail Stadium is located in Lusail New City, about 15 kilometers north of Qatar's capital Doha, and faces the Persian Gulf to the east. China Railway Construction International Group constructed it. The appearance of Lusail Stadium is bowl-shaped, the facade is divided by triangular meshes, and the roof is saddle-shaped, supported by a cable-membrane structure, high from east to west and low from north to south. The entire stadium is projected as a circle.

From the outside, the triangular mesh facade effect of the curtain wall of the project shows the traditional Qatari lantern decoration, and the building as a whole presents the shape of an Arabian golden bowl. The span of the roof structure is 274 meters, the cantilever distance is 76 meters, and it is shaped like a huge wheel-shaped "bowl cover." The main functional spaces in the stadium include the competition field, player room, press area, toilet, spectator area, VIP area, Emir area, and other functional areas.

Lusail Stadium Dimensions and Capacity

Lusail Stadium has 80,000 unobstructed seats. It is the largest of the eight stadiums for the Qatar World Cup. The grandstands are covered by a vast 45,000 square meters membrane roof, one of the largest of its kind in the world. As the main stadium for the 2022 World Cup, Lusail Stadium will host ten matches, including the finals.

Conclusion

The extremely exciting 2022 World Cup is coming, and the much-anticipated venue for finals, Lusail Stadium, was officially put into use on September 10, 2022. As early as December 2020, the Lusail Stadium, still under construction, has been listed on the new 10-riyal banknote issued by the Qatar Central Bank. "Made in China" was listed in Qatar's currency for the first time and became a national business card. After the Qatar World Cup, Lusail Stadium will be transformed into a multi-purpose community space, including schools, shops, cafes, sports facilities, and health clinics.