The first match is scheduled to take place on sunday (November 20) between ecuador and FIFA world cup 2022 host qatar at 9:30 PM IST. The Middle Eastern country qatar has been eyeing the FIFA world cup 2022 without spending any money on any sporting event or event so far. Middle Eastern country qatar has set its sights on the FIFA world cup 2022 in a way that has never been spent on any sporting event or event. With this FIFA world cup, qatar has poured money to create a benchmark for the countries of the world and attract foreign tourists. The FIFA world cup has surprised the world by spending about 220 billion dollars on the tournament and its preparations. Do you know the total expenditure incurred by qatar, the expected revenue, and how important this competition is to the economy of Qatar..?
A total of 32 nations will participate in the FIFA world cup qatar 2022, football's biggest tournament to be held from november 20 to december 18. The first match starts on november 20 between qatar and ecuador at the Al Bad Stadium in Al Khor. On december 18, the final will be played at the Lusail Stadium. Since qatar was announced as the host of the 2022 FIFA world cup in 2010, qatar has spent heavily on improving its infrastructure for the 32-nation FIFA world cup, including upgrading football stadiums.
Qatar built 6 new football stadiums and renovated two existing stadiums, along with training grounds, for the tournament. The initial bid for this was planned at $4 billion but the total cost has risen to $6.5 billion-$10 billion. From Of the remaining roughly $210 billion, it has been spent on airports, new roads, an innovation hub with hotels, and state-of-the-art underground transit. Every week since 2010, FIFA has reportedly spent around $500 million on world cup 2022. qatar has spent more than $15 billion to build a residential complex in Doha known as 'The Pearl' and the Doha Metro system has spent about $36 billion on various services and improvements.
While qatar spent $220 billion, russia spent $11.6 billion to host the FIFA world cup in 2018, brazil $15 billion in 2014, south africa $3.6 billion in 2010, germany $4.3 billion in 2006, japan $7 billion in 2002, france spent $2.3 billion in 1998, and the united states $500 million in 1994. So far 30 lakh tickets have been sold for the world cup in Qatar. Similarly, tickets for qatar matches are more expensive than tickets for world cup held in russia in 2018. The average ticket price for the final is 684 pounds which are 66,200 rupees.
Compared to other matches, qatar matches cost £286 per ticket, while FIFA world cup 2018 in russia costs £214 per ticket. qatar tickets are the most expensive in the last 20 years. Of the $220 billion spent by qatar, only a small fraction will be recovered. But Qatar's investment is only a part of the qatar National Vision 2030 project, according to Sheikh ahmed bin Nasser bin Jassim Al Thani, Qatar's ambassador to Russia.
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