The Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC), the organizers of the Qatar's FIFA World Cup 2022, has unveiled a plan to "develop its seventh stadium into a waterfront neighbourhood after the tournament," according to ARABIAN BUSINESS. The committee announced last month that the seventh stadium, designed by global architecture firm Populous, "would be built in Ras Abu Aboud, a waterfront location visible from West Bay." Further details about the 40,000-seat stadium were unveiled over the weekend and SC said that "the stadium will be one of the first ever designed from the beginning with the ability to transform into a mixed-use urban neighbourhood after the tournament." SC Competition Venues Exec Dir Ghanim Al Kuwari said that the stadium "will play an important role in the development of the Doha skyline and waterfront." He said, "All our planning for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar keeps in mind the legacy use of the stadiums after the tournament has finished." Populous Senior Principal Christopher Lee said that the stadium design and construction "will see a new neighbourhood created in Doha" (ARABIAN BUSINESS, 1/10).
