Where will everyone sleep during the Qatar World Cup?

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With the beginning of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar looming nearer every day, those that intend to attend will be looking for accommodation.
But as a recent investigation by the Associated Press news agency revealed, there are not nearly enough hotel rooms to accommodate everyone at the tournament.
So where will they stay? David Goldblatt explains the current situation, Marco Bevilacqua illustrates.
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#WorldCup #Qatar #FIFA

[@frolicsomebembi8481]

Can’t wait to see the documentary on this 5 years later

[@HelioPopTart]

I’ll grab my popcorns. Instead of watching football, the news would be just as entertaining

[@darochavitor]

I reckon that by July 2023 there will be at least one documentary about it all and how it’s all abandoned already, how everything was built and is now empty…

[@bulgarianmineshaft1913]

It's gonna be Fyre festival on a massive scale

[@TheMan750]

The FIFA version or the real version

[@hnz5404]

You can bet there will be new information for this doc that was already known before the world cup

[@Revelian1982]

It's almost like FIFA never considered this when receiving their bribes...

[@gauravamatya9602]

They definitely took these factors into consideration. Hence why the bribe was an astronomical figure. You can't always blame the officials. They did their homework this time.

[@alone2break]

Fifa be like: its your problem, not mine..

[@wildsurfer12]

And they are not convincing anyone that they weren’t bribed.

[@leonardolouzeiro3681]

@@yasssighs6034 this is absolutely lie. Brazil, South Africa and Russia are not rich countries but definitely can hold major tournaments without major problems. Don't be stupid

[@ruthsingleton7753]

agreed revelian 1982

[@CYMotorsport]

Someone PLEASE make sure Wendover sees this gem he’d have an utter field day with this topic

[@Stringbean670]

OMG yes

[@metrofilmer8894]

Absolutely Agree, Sam needs to see this. I can only imagine what he would do with it. Also interesting running into you here CY. Didn’t realize you were into this type of thing

[@MissMoffet19]

🤣

[@CYMotorsport]

@@metrofilmer8894 football is next - I’ve got a couple more racing stories to do but it’s a wide open market for some reason. The collapse of Parma, Leeds. I’ll keep an eye out for what kind of stories to test but Tifo is an incredible animation inspiration

[@LightYagami47]

​@@CYMotorsport Aren't you American?

[@kurtgilmore8925]

I went out to Qatar in 2014-2015 for work, and was involved some of the early ground engineering for the Lusail Iconic Stadium where the WC final will be held. It was literally a patch of desert 20 mins outside of Doha, the plan was to build the whole new city of Lusail specifically to host the final. The Qataris have basically built a city of (theoretically) 100,000 people just so they could have some extra venues. I’m pretty intrigued at whether they’ve managed to actually populate it or whether it’ll be a futuristic ghost town.

[@johnhonai4601]

They transformed many desert places into cities. This should be same.

[@ZZaman-px9rg]

Lusail is already being inhabited, I'm not sure exactly what's the percentage but I think it's rapidly increasing in population especially because it has special laws for house ownership for non-Qataries

[@adith7aeteteteet558]

lusail is now populated with malls,colleges and villas.the qataris handled it well in a short timespan

[@ballingoals2927]

Lusail and Doha are COMPLETELY different now from 2014-2015

[@zidanamlobeats793]

Bro there will not be a ghost town in qatar because its small and ppl still coming

[@jdog14976]

The other contenders for this World Cup were the US, Japan, South Korea and Australia - all of whom have hosted either a World Cup or Olympics in the last 30 years. None of these countries would have needed to waste any time or human lives building new stadiums from scratch and could have focussed on upgrading their current facilities. None of them would have had to deal with logistical problems like "Where will people sleep?" or "How do we air condition the outdoors so the players don't die in the middle of a game?" None of them would have been the subject of a sports-washing debate that has made the whole football ecosystem that much more toxic. FIFA knew all this when the decision was made and they still made it.

[@00dude3]

More infrastructure building = more money

[@kilgoretrout1952]

Those must have been some very big bribes

[@yashthakar9441]

not to forget a June / July world cup would be better than a winter one.

[@jeffjordan3238]

@@kilgoretrout1952 😂😂😂 on point bro

[@zadarthule]

It is okay to construct new stadiums but almost everyone in Qatar lives in Doha. A World Cup was never hosted in a single city. It would have made at least some sense with multiple smaller Gulf nations combined.

[@BestBoyPatrick]

There’s no way this doesn’t end up being a disaster… right?

[@Prederick]

They pulled off Russia, they'll manage this. No matter how many migrant workers it takes.

[@bigangryscotsman]

@@Prederick Russia is a massive country used to large numbers and had at the time a top 7 league in Europe. Qatar has none of that it's a different animal all together

[@cvetomirgeorgiev9106]

@@Prederick 2 completely different situations. Russia has football culture, it's bigger, the climate is good for football, it already has hotels and stadiums around the locations of where the games were played Qatar has basically none of that

[@3l6uat3]

I hope this ends up as a disaster just so i have something to read about at work.

[@speedking7224]

@@cvetomirgeorgiev9106 Qatar has football culture as well

[@poormansrudygay7950]

Almost like hosting a World Cup in a small desert nation was a bad idea from inception. Love the idea of spreading football to the world but there’s gotta be a better way. In this World Cup, FIFA decided not to divorce itself included human rights violations, slavery, and what looks to be a logistical nightmare with accommodations. As always, thanks Tifo!

[@groundtrader173]

With Inflation high in Europe, War in Europe, no doubt, Qatar World Cup 2022 could be the best option for 2022. That Country has massive oil, gas. Europe and America are disaster now. Inflation so high in Europe and America. TBH, Qatar is the best option so far.

[@eln7no]

@@groundtrader173 it should have been 3 host nations uae,Qatar and Bahrain

[@M.sami12]

Russia is also a desert nation, technically. But you being racist didn't care obviously. You also didn't care about the mess happened in brazil and south africa before. It's only bad in qatar.

[@groundtrader173]

@@eln7no Great point. I totally agree on this.

[@nindao3121]

Yea as if Europe was not built by colonialism

[@mpreaper9459]

“Everything will be alright.” Famous last words.

[@TheYEPEEE]

This WC is going to be a MASSIVE problem, the logistics of it are awful rn. Expect to see both players, managing staff, and fans complaining

[@jackb5640]

Im not so sure. I attended Rio 2016 and it wasnt great. The stadiums not good quality or half finished, logistics and transport were poor on the whole and generally nobody there cared about it, only the football aspect. But i remember team GB had been told not to complain so as to not look like whingers. I can see the same happening here and FIFA getting away with this.

[@mohamedbejaoui1488]

I don't think that the players or the managers will have toilets problems.

[@fudgerace4356]

Watch Arab Cup, its basically a trial for WC and it went really well even use the new off-side technology

[@jackb5640]

@@fudgerace4356 Not the same size or scale at all

[@rohan14040]

Lol ,my biggest problem is how such a small country is allowed to host world cup in the first place.

[@yagesh287]

The fact that FIFA has already been caught for giving Qatar the hosting privileges illegally, and the matches are still taking place there is a shame.

[@robertdenton3617]

That’s modern football sadly, despicable owners and hosts of tournaments welcomed, corruption and creative financing allowed.

[@Sa-jv7cl]

Could you guys tell me why is its shame if its played in qatar but its not when they play in russia when they r was attacking my people in Syria ?

[@pazthepole2814]

It’s not just a shame, it’s a damning indictment on a disgrace of an organisation that should not have anything to do with anything let alone the biggest entertainment sports competition in the world

[@stephenpalmer9375]

@@Sa-jv7cl well it wasn't alright, and plenty complained.. but sadly, once the tournament is on, everyone checked out their objections and started saying 'football is the winner'. It's not new.. see also Argentina 1978

[@robertdenton3617]

@@Sa-jv7cl that was disgraceful too, some people stated it was before it took place and FIFA didn’t care as usual. People will say the same about Qatar years later cause everyone will just remember it took place

[@mickser101]

32 teams, 32 team bases, 32 sets of fans, World media, Sponsors and dignitaries all on a tiny peninsula with an alcohol ban. What could possibly go wrong

[@djsejwal2]

They have no right to increase room rates so much for what they are providing. In jan i checked bnb was $200 for 1 night 2 rooms.

[@MrFlaten92]

@@djsejwal2 they have every right to increase room rates. That is how business works. More demand, higher rates.

[@xAmiin]

@@MrFlaten92 Its still not reasonable though regardless of what you say.

[@M.sami12]

No alcohol means no problems. We know what drunk english fans can do 🤣🤣

[@aliahmad-bd8dm]

I agree with everything u said apart from the alcohol part. Like I'm sure the teams and the organisers aren't concerned about that.

[@tomteatom]

If only people had been saying, for years, that Qatar was entirely inappropriate to stage a World Cup.

[@groundtrader173]

High Inflation in Europe, War in Europe, NO GAS or Oil in Europe; no doubt, Qatar World Cup 2022 is the be the best option for 2022. That Country has massive oil, gas. Europe and America are disaster now. Inflation so high in Europe and America. TBH, Qatar is the best option so far. Imagine having World Cup in Europe or America while Russia is bombing Ukraine. That will be she for Europe and America. TBH, Qatar actually saved the World Cup 2022.

[@Fozykeno]

Only reason is accommodating visitors. That’s it.

[@maazkalim]

If only this one-&-only Planet's non-European people had been allowed to say, for centuries-&-centuries that: If Europeans are indescribably inappropriate to "civilize" them myriad of ways since they can't get their genocide-enabling bugs fixed, ultimately the Ripple Effect is predicated sooner or later.

[@tomteatom]

@@maazkalim Mental health isn't your strong suit, then?

[@zariaadolfo7654]

After the world cup, Then you get to know if it was really inappropriate, So for now the best has been done.

[@Willsamuels]

FIFA ffs, the back handers they were given must have been so big to not even think about this for fans 😂

[@haninditabudhi6574]

Well when was the last time football was for the fans? 😁 its like one of the tifosi banner "created by the poor, stolen by the rich" 🤣

[@groundtrader173]

High Inflation in Europe, War in Europe, NO GAS or Oil in Europe; no doubt, Qatar World Cup 2022 is the be the best option for 2022. That Country has massive oil, gas. Europe and America are disaster now. Inflation so high in Europe and America. TBH, Qatar is the best option so far.

[@akshatgupta4817]

@@groundtrader173 no not really Europe with all those things u just mentioned still hosts regular league games is definitely more stable than just oil money. Has accommodations for people and insane stadiums.

[@rishabh3150]

The total amount of tourists attending the world cup will be near equal the population of Qatar.. and before getting to host the 2022 world cup, Qatar had only one major stadium that too needed renovating.. that says all..

[@stupendous7848]

Im sure they will take a leaf out of North Korea's book from 2010 and pay people from other countries to attend the matches.

[@plopplop1984]

U can only enter if u have a game ticket ….. one way of limiting the numbers

[@groundtrader173]

High Inflation in Europe, War in Europe, NO GAS or Oil in Europe; no doubt, Qatar World Cup 2022 is the be the best option for 2022. That Country has massive oil, gas. Europe and America are disaster now. Inflation so high in Europe and America. TBH, Qatar is the best option so far. Imagine having World Cup in Europe or America while Russia is bombing Ukraine. That will be she for Europe and America. TBH, Qatar actually saved the World Cup 2022.

[@rishabh3150]

@@groundtrader173 but the hosting was given to Qatar in 2017..

[@groundtrader173]

@@rishabh3150 Still Europe and America are exeperience unprecedented Inflation. No Gas or Oil. Too much shooting in America. War in Europe. Believe me, FIFA dodge the bullets. Qatar is the best option so far.

[@SamSouthall]

The fact that the price of some accommodation for one night is higher than my annual wage doesn’t bode well

[@pierzing.glint1sh76]

great argument, qatar maybe shouldn't have a world cup because you're poor 😀 yh just make it all about you

[@Losabias111]

Cant relate.

[@mathmagician155]

@@pierzing.glint1sh76 that's not the point

[@pierzing.glint1sh76]

@@mathmagician155 That is literally his point. He should take a look at the apartment prices in moscow or brazil in2018 and 2014 respectively and tokyo in 2020

[@woodsandlaws7310]

@@pierzing.glint1sh76 do you lack reading and comprehension skills? He’s not making it about himself he just stated the prices were the annual wage of his meaning it sure is the same situation to plenty of other people that the world cup was suppose to be for so they can enjoy, the world cup isnt for hoity toity 1% people its for everyone, if youre gonna host something thats for EVERYONE then you take EVERYONE’s situations in consideration.

[@robjones3287]

Imagine paying all that money for a flight, match tickets, merch etc just to stay in a tent

[@YashvirGaming]

hahaha damn yeahh screw this FIFA Qatar lol just save your flight money and buy a 80 inch or 100 inch TV 4k with HDR 240 hz or 120hz and watch FIFA from home Also this year FIFA world cup 2022 theme song is total flop - i don't like it - hmm not feeling the vibe 🤣 Past songs i totally dig that, WAKA WAKA , Wavin'g Flag etc love those ~ Old is Gold ~ as they say.

[@anarcho-boulangistllamaent2023]

There being a possible shortage of hotel rooms for visitors is reason number 762 why Qatar shouldnt host a World Cup.

[@groundtrader173]

High Inflation in Europe, War in Europe, NO GAS or Oil in Europe; no doubt, Qatar World Cup 2022 is the be the best option for 2022. That Country has massive oil, gas. Europe and America are disaster now. Inflation so high in Europe and America. TBH, Qatar is the best option so far. Imagine having World Cup in Europe or America while Russia is bombing Ukraine. That will be she for Europe and America. TBH, Qatar actually saved the World Cup 2022.

[@FirasTeinz]

Qatar will host the best world cup, these issues are mere logistical challenges that can be solved

[@dominicekezie2011]

@@FirasTeinz if you say so qatar boy

[@Fozykeno]

This is actually the second reason tbh after weather

[@maazkalim]

Blech! What a lame-attempt at an insult by 6 terrorist-sympathizers in Mr "@@dominicekezie2011".

[@mgasukihanwa841]

It's insane how the issue of the workers being put into gruelling work conditions is being pushed under the rug.

[@Tennischamp450]

It’s not that insane, the Olympics have done the same years ago

[@morebaklavapls3637]

no one really cares, money talks. Same thing china is doing to the Ughuyrs or the Uae/saudi causing a famine in yemen. Business interests over human rights

[@tvojemanka]

@@Tennischamp450 not really years ago, just this year, everyone almost ignored Uygurs being genocided as we speak and Olympics still happened in China.

[@BasedinReality1984]

….. it’s all anyone talks about

[@MuhammadOthman88]

I've been to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh. Those people work really hard, you almost felt sympathy for them every time you see them...but for them it's normal. They just hardworking... And in Qatar, most workers are from those countries. Of course if you're from a developed country, you'd feel they're being overworked, but that's just how they are....work hard

[@michaelgyamfi7041]

They should’ve just hold the World Cup in Qatar and it’s neighbouring countries. What they’re doing for the 2026 WC in USA, Canada, and Mexico should’ve be done for this World Cup as well

[@alexpotts6520]

That might have helped with the logistics, but the ethics would have remained as dodgy as ever

[@cvhashim]

Gulf world cup would have made a lot of sense. They weren't thinking that far. Also Qatar and UAE aren't on the best of terms apparently.

[@eln7no]

@@cvhashim Qatar UAE And Bahrain would've been good

[@aliahmad-bd8dm]

@@cvhashim yh Qatar had some beef with UAE and Suadi which meant they had beef its the entire gulf. These issues have been kinda solved lately but its too late

[@danischannel]

Middle east politics is highly volatile . sharing world cup venues might lead to something worse than a single middle east nation hosting it alone

[@coachbetter-yourdigitalass2448]

great video with nice insights 😊😊👍

[@96Shalom]

Surely a country has to prove they can actually host the biggest sports tournament before they get it awarded? The reason Qatar doesn’t have that many hotels, is because it doesn’t/won’t need that many. What are they going to do after the tournament.

[@man4437]

The same thing we do every night, Pinky. Try to take over the world. But yeah if it was about getting a World Cup to a country within that general location, I'm fairly certain there's better locations with actual people living in actual cities with, like, hotels

[@randombaguette]

Yeah it’s gonna be like South Africa. If I’m correct the stadium they built during the World Cup is now just left there all abandoned as no one has the money to upkeep it

[@rorybessell8280]

@@randombaguette Nah Soccer City is still running fine and is used by the national team and the Kaiser Chiefs, it's never full but not abandoned. Brazil has a few abandoned stadiums from their world cup though

[@haya-ek9bb]

@@randombaguette fun fact the stadiums are meant to be donated to poorer countries. They were built in a way that they are easy to deconstruct :)

[@VictorRochaFerreira6]

@@randombaguette there are many stadiums “abandoned” in Brazil, since they are built in some cities that have no clubs in the top divisions of the league. I’m Brazilian and I can confirm that, for example Manaus and Brasilia stadiums.

[@jourdaintennent5915]

It’s beginning to look like the football version of Fyfe festival.

[@tvojemanka]

😂😂😂😂imagine there's just tents in the desert

[@huubhuijbens8816]

And that while fyre fest had around 1 year time, Qatar worldcup was announced 12 years....... Never thought we could see events that are much much worse in organisation then fyre fest, but it is a possiblity. Maybe another argument why bribes are bad, FIFA propably didn't even read the complete bid book of Qatar (if they had one).

[@GuinessOriginal]

@@huubhuijbens8816 the bid book was just a bribe book full of money

[@alexb1913]

@@huubhuijbens8816 to be fair all the guys that took the bribes back in 2010 are probably retired and sat on a beach somewhere now. They couldn’t care how the World Cup turns out

[@QQ0005]

@@tvojemanka at least you will have a bathtub to clean your dirty butt better than just wiping it..

[@ChiChiChutes]

I for one am shocked that the World Cup which has faced problems at every stage, appears to be facing a problem at this latest stage

[@groundtrader173]

High Inflation in Europe, War in Europe, NO GAS or Oil in Europe; no doubt, Qatar World Cup 2022 is the be the best option for 2022. That Country has massive oil, gas. Europe and America are disaster now. Inflation so high in Europe and America. TBH, Qatar is the best option so far. Imagine having World Cup in Europe or America while Russia is bombing Ukraine. That will be she for Europe and America. TBH, Qatar actually saved the World Cup 2022.

[@ChiChiChutes]

​@@groundtrader173 You do realise that the war is extremely limited in scope in Europe right? Western Europe is significantly further from the warzone than Qatar is from two areas of conflict (Yemen/ Iraq). We also don't particularly need oil and gas because any fans visiting would likely just use existing public transport to and from existing (and thoroughly tested) facilities. Regardless, fuel is still readily available- just more expensive than normal. Interesting that fuel is something you bring up though seeing as oil money used for bribes is literally the only reason Qatar was awarded the tournament.

[@barsbeatlife]

This is insane. Do they realise football is a working class game and most people will just want a place to lay their head and not a 5-star resort? Putting up camping is not a solution and is pretty offensive I find. I’m not going to judge people for not boycotting the World Cup as all of us love football regardless. But I do hope a lot of fans don’t even bother travelling.

[@sameerbhagwat3732]

you find other people's culture and way of living offensive, eh? better stick your butt to your local bar.

[@shelbotsbrain8017]

If you are going to the world cup you either arent working class or can afford he hotels

[@mazibs2638]

Get away lol. The people who attend world cups have never been working class!

[@mazibs2638]

Get away lol. The people who attend world cups have never been working class!

[@groundtrader173]

High Inflation in Europe, War in Europe, NO GAS or Oil in Europe; no doubt, Qatar World Cup 2022 the best option for 2022. That Country has massive oil, gas. Europe and America are disaster now. Inflation so high in Europe and America. TBH, Qatar is the best option so far. Imagine having World Cup in Europe or America while Russia is bombing Ukraine. That will be embarrassing for Europe and America. TBH, Qatar actually saved the World Cup 2022.

[@AdenSouthYemen]

They can sleep at my house

[@SAHarry]

Thanks bro❤️

[@kimbo6463]

This has meme potential

[@marcoantoniolopez3303]

King

[@TheSunMoon]

This WC will be memorable, and probably for the wrong reasons. Just watch and see.

[@Dontfearthereaper01]

No thanks, I think Great British Bake Off might be on.

[@uclhighlights9287]

It will come home this time

[@betoflores9177]

If it turns out like the Fyre Festival I would not be surprised

[@Rossoneri2]

I genuinely might just skip this one

[@uclhighlights9287]

@@Rossoneri2 yeah I don't think 14:00 is the best time to watch football

[@11solrac44]

No one ever thought this would be a great idea. I understand the thought of trying to give other countries a chance to experience and host a World Cup but some countries just don’t have the capability or capacity. As someone who lives in the USA I was a bit bias but I really thought the USA/Canada/Mexico bid would’ve been far superior.

[@berlinocelot]

Damn right it would have. Although I think just USA and Mexico hosting would be cooler.

[@11solrac44]

@@berlinocelot yeah but both of those countries have hosted a World Cup so they included Canada just so they could say a new country was included lol 😂

[@AhmedSalem-jr7zg]

The only problem is the time difference because its just hard to stay up till 4-5AM to watch a match... These things should be in mind too

[@thisIsFunnyLolz]

@@berlinocelot In all fairness Canada has some nice stadiums, could never host on their own, and they just topped CONCACAF qualifiers. And their major club teams play in the MLS with the US so it makes sense

[@jeroenska.]

​@@berlinocelot I think it makes a lot of sense creating more of a regional focus rather than one based on countries' borders. This opens up many possibilities for smaller nations (who might still have a large presence in football) to organize such a large tournament. In that respect, a Gulf-state World Cup would have actually made sense, combining Qatar with Bahrein and the UAE. This would also be more sustainable as less facilities would have to be built just for the World Cup, to be left to fall apart afterwards and would mean less teams, personnel and fans have to be flown around the country (of course this is not the problem for Qatar, but it was for Russia and Brasil).

[@WithSeb]

Another reason why established cities should be hosting these events like USA, Australia, Japan, anywhere in Europe ect with established accomodation, stadiums and facilities

[@fez2608]

they should really host a wc in australia

[@kristi4113]

@@fez2608 Hopefully they will be awarded the WC for 2030. They are about to co-host the WWC next year with New Zealand, and that would be the perfect chance to show why they SHOULD get it for 2030.

[@stijntjejoste4453]

They should have given it to the entire Arabic peninsula. This way the games and visiting pressure is shared over Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE and Oman.

[@lukrin3482]

It should've been hosted in the UK, you know... the home of football lmao

[@taylorsly2392]

@@kristi4113 They’re actually aiming to host in 2034.

[@zimmy98]

And of course there's the question about what happens after the world cup: after you create rooms for hundreds of thousands of visitors, what do you do with them once the visitors are gone?

[@fudgerace4356]

The objective Qatar hosting the World Cup is to kick-off their tourism industry to the world... They hv ambition to rival Dubai as one of the world tourism destination

[@blobber51]

Use it as a brothel

[@abhinavkumarsingh_0365]

@@blobber51 😂😂

[@Lionfire1]

@@abhinavkumarsingh_0365 we’ll put both your mums in there then

[@benedictjajo]

​@@blobber51 especially for the Instagram "Models".

[@Prederick]

This is definitely gonna have a Brazil 2014/Sochi 2014 aftermath. They're going to build all this stuff for the event, and then everyone will leave and 80% of it will be unused and go to rot. FIFA will pocket their $$$ though.

[@aandwdabest]

Never forget the absolute shitshow that is Rio 2016.

[@opinionatortv6457]

Of course, I can only hope they replicate South Africa in 2010. All the new stadia built for that world cup are still maintained and in use by clubs

[@bahamohamed2958]

i think the stadiums are gonna be demolished after the wc

[@opinionatortv6457]

@Toothpick yeah, I know. I watch their league games.

[@DizzyBusy]

Now, now, let's not act like the Qatari government is the underdog in this situation. They brought this upon themselves and let enslaved workers build their city of wonders

[@duartesantos3535]

2:34 "the country continues to build hotels at a frensim rate", besides the safety regulations related to this, which I want to believe won't be problematic, one can only fear for the future of those infrastructures on the aftermath of such an event. It is about time that we stop massive development and "band aid" solutions to adapt cities in name of something that will last for a month or so.

[@bam1860]

Simple solution is to not let shitholes host it

[@sameerbhagwat3732]

you let brazil host a world cup with all the crimes and below par infrastructure...😂😂

[@duartesantos3535]

@@sameerbhagwat3732 I am from Portugal, not Brazil. And if I were brazilian, I would still condemn this kind of forced development, so I don't really get your point.

[@tomteatom]

@@sameerbhagwat3732 Not even remotely comparable. Not only had Brazil previously held a WC, it had just been given the Olympics, is constantly hosting the Copa America, and is one of the most important footballing nations on the planet, as well as being the nation with the fastest growing economy, at the time, where there was already a groundswell of development. Putting on extra police and building two new stadiums and a few hotels is not the same as having to build 99% of what is needed, from scratch, in a country that has no capacity for the event, in any metric whatsoever, already in place and that has never even held a global event before. To think so you'd have to be Sepp Blatter.... And be paid millions to come to that conclusion.

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

@@sameerbhagwat3732 ever seen some Brazilian cities they're already developed and have already hosted world cups

[@jr_xtreme8940]

I feel like a lot more casual fans who only watch Football during the world cup, probably don't realize the World Cup is happening this late

[@SynergyFootball]

Great info as usual guys

[@nice_tri_dan4400]

It's almost as if awarding the World Cup to Qatar in the first place wasn't a great idea.

[@rockycat3365]

I agree in the most part with your opinion, however I consider unjustifiable the conception of Zangief as a brute force lacking intelligence or sensibility as a human being. Zangief always fought Chun Li and Cammy with the same amount of respect than his male rivals (unlike Ryu and Ken whom just took advantage of the situation), yet he was always gentle in the sense of fair competition. His strenght was never limited by his moral presets. How many times have you played with Zangief? Please let me know in the comments below

[@groundtrader173]

High Inflation in Europe, War in Europe, NO GAS or Oil in Europe; no doubt, Qatar World Cup 2022 the best option for 2022. That Country has massive oil, gas. Europe and America are disaster now. Inflation so high in Europe and America. TBH, Qatar is the best option so far. Imagine having World Cup in Europe or America while Russia is bombing Ukraine. That will be embarrassing for Europe and America. TBH, Qatar actually saved the World Cup 2022.

[@PodcastCentral333]

Last good world cups were 2010 and 2014

[@chrislouis7913]

@@PodcastCentral333 2018 was also there for me. Fans loved it aswell. Never would’ve expected how downhill Russia would go on from there. Suppose it was a 1936 olympics in N.Germany situation were no one knew about the shitshow the country would face in the coming years

[@teddyawesome5197]

Fans: what inspired you to choose a country without any stadiums, intense human rights violations, no hotels, and extremely high temperatures as the world cup venue? FIFA: Money!

[@00dude3]

Qatar was awarded the world cup in 2010. How can it take 12 years and still be that short on hotels? It's not like they are short on money or have many unions/workers rights

[@matthewsum1752]

exactly bruh

[@aliahmad-bd8dm]

Media was too focused on how russia is hosting the world cup. In 2014 they had invaded crimea. The whole world was against it and Russia still got world cup

[@ZPiiLe1]

If they built it years ago it would be a waste of money as there’s no visitors yet to accommodate these hotels or use the facilities for the world cup. It would just sit there empty for years until the games begin

[@YashvirGaming]

Yeah and yet the country is more richer in terms of golds, resources. they got a lot resources but no man power. They don't take other workers from other countries to work in their home place, Arabs only works for Arabs. They say their religion doesn't allow this. That is completely BS

[@chrislouis7913]

It’s almost like an assignment for school that was way to big to finish or left till the last minute

[@mikespearwood3914]

What a debacle! FIFA is a joke! Fancy awarding the world cup to a little desert country. If they teamed up with Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE, etc it would've been more appropriate.

[@fortis17]

Good take, I agree with you

[@speedking7224]

Yes, Qatar is too small I might add

[@rwalker0130]

good point, seeing as how the US had to team up with Canada and Mexico (like 500 million people, 8 million square miles, hundreds of nice stadiums) just to host

[@btdking1597]

@@rwalker0130 the USA is a major tourist destination and is hosting the biggest World Cup ever so that’s a bad argument , but I do agree that working with the other gulf countries would make everything smoother

[@dY5FUNCT10N4L]

They cant build a railroad between them and you expect them to organise a WC. A dose of reality is needed

[@toluabisola]

How is this not going to be a complete s**t show?? Maybe this does need to be the absolute worst for it to never happen again... Who am I kidding? They could make roads made up of the bodies of dead workers and as long as the money was right Fifa would still hold a tournament there.

[@jexsheffield]

Tbh the Cruise Ship idea could work well if they could get more of them to dock. It’ll save a lot since Qatar won’t have to build thousands of hotels that will be useless after the World Cup

[@wandaprock1015]

Right but remember covid isn't over with

[@luisg.m.garcia6972]

Finally the sequel to Fyre Festival we´ve all been waiting for

[@nobuharu2336]

I’ve been searching on all the traveling websites nonstop since I applied for tickets after the drawing. Nothing. Now I am ready to give up.

[@attackpatterndelta8949]

Where will everyone sleep at the Qatar World Cup? At home. Cos no one is going to go to Qatar to watch this tournament.

[@gaiusjuliuspleaser]

So far they sold six hundred tickets to Belgian fans. Six hundred. Those stadiums will be more lifeless than European stadiums during covid.

[@randomriku6774]

@@gaiusjuliuspleaser well its too early to tell but i hope so

[@opinionatortv6457]

Most of the African teams fans most likely won't go

[@tikotochan6754]

@@gaiusjuliuspleaser I hope no one goes to watch world cup .fifa only gave quatar this world cup to host because quatar offored a lot of money .. everyone knows that .they didn't have any stadium.they exploited migrated labours ..this shows how much corrupted fifa really is .

[@DavidGatt11]

Really hope no one will go

[@richardspears5384]

I live here right in downtown Doha the embargo didn't do any favors to time lines but this place is in a frenzy of construction for us locals its going to be a nightmare getting to work.

[@veronicalumbasi]

Sure, gettin to work is going to be a nightmare forsure.

[@tsaminamina_eheh]

Previous world cups had 3 million in attendance, so how does Qatar project 850k???

[@vishwasshankar3929]

population of quatar is 3 million😅

[@a_09.7]

Qatar is a literal dot compared to South Africa, Brazil and Russia lol don’t expect millions to be watching lol

[@tgempire2.048]

1.5 million ticket already sold

[@petercross3984]

Because I’d imagine a lot of locals will go

[@tsaminamina_eheh]

@@tgempire2.048 could be a case of people buying multiple tickets rather than a single one?

[@brajeshwarthakur9001]

On the graves of the migrant workers

[@ritiksinghrajput578]

In dreams of those childs who lost their fathers

[@TwistedSoul2002]

lol.. if a kid is dreaming about me then they have worse problems than just not having a father.

[@ritiksinghrajput578]

@@TwistedSoul2002 not abouy you but about their fathers

[@btdking1597]

@@ritiksinghrajput578 True and in dreams of the fathers that got robbed out of their children numbering half a million in the Iraqi war , but we won’t talk about that as a human right’s violation now would we ;)

[@22yardsofficial23]

@@btdking1597 whataboutism

[@chrislouis7913]

@@btdking1597 I mean people talk about that and many in Europe and USA criticised bush for it. But sure keep telling yourself that and deflect an actually issue like Qatar

[@zxzv1]

Dail Mail has a video of an Iranian fan who was housed at a metal container! It was as good as a shoebox. Plus, there's fans staying at plastic tents, with everything just basic - many are just disappointed that such a rich country, could put up such ordinary acomodation facilities. It basically means, if you are a FIFA officaial or 1 of the sponsors - you get top notch hotels, otherwise fend for yourself.

[@Burpzzz]

@Tifo Football, do you already have a video on how the European Leagues will be affected by the World Cup? Would you be able to look into this? Don't see this issue being covered.

[@andrzejkopalnia]

+1!

[@groundtrader173]

High Inflation in Europe, War in Europe, NO GAS or Oil in Europe; no doubt, Qatar World Cup 2022 is the be the best option for 2022. That Country has massive oil, gas. Europe and America are disaster now. Inflation so high in Europe and America. TBH, Qatar is the best option so far. Imagine having World Cup in Europe or America while Russia is bombing Ukraine. That will be she for Europe and America. TBH, Qatar actually saved the World Cup 2022.

[@daynehaworth9258]

Definitely needed analysis

[@adlilzafri2322]

I like to imagine that the fans will be sleeping in tents like the ones at Fyre Festival

[@JacquesduPlessis11]

To be honest I still wish people would boycott the world cup. With all the exploitation of workers and holding it over December, just should make it a no go, but I guess people will still tune in irrespective.

[@siddharthbanerjee2816]

yes agreed

[@robertdenton3617]

Too many people sadly just don’t care, no one seems to care about Man City, PSG or Newcastle. Look at Haaland wearing a human rights t shirt over a year ago, now playing for Man City.

[@pierzing.glint1sh76]

@@siddharthbanerjee2816 just checking that you do realise the same complaints and most likely worse would occur if INDIA was ever honoured by being allowed to host the world cup? Or the olympics? Its alright u parroting what the europeans are saying about this but have you considered what they would say about your country??? I dont think you people can really comment!

[@JacquesduPlessis11]

@@pierzing.glint1sh76 I am a South African - we hosted a tremendous world cup. Don't try to write off warranted criticism by just saying it is europeans.... If the world cup was hosted in India we can judge how they prepare for it when we see what they do. But you 1. Are assuming he is from India, and 2. Are creating an imaginary situation that doesn't exist to try and excuse a real world example of something unacceptable.

[@groundtrader173]

High Inflation in Europe, War in Europe, NO GAS or Oil in Europe; no doubt, Qatar World Cup 2022 the best option for 2022. That Country has massive oil, gas. Europe and America are disaster now. Inflation so high in Europe and America. TBH, Qatar is the best option so far. Imagine having World Cup in Europe or America while Russia is bombing Ukraine. That will be embarrassing for Europe and America. TBH, Qatar actually saved the World Cup 2022.

[@pritapp788]

This World Cup wasn't designed to welcome fans and travellers of any kind. But when it was granted in 2010 the English media spent all its energy protesting about 2018 being awarded to Russia rather than the outrageous nature of the Qatar World Cup. So here were are, nearly 12 years later.

[@alexpotts6520]

This is not the fault of "the English media". The blame lies squarely at FIFA's door. By the way, that evil English media was at the forefront of uncovering FIFA's corruption...

[@groundtrader173]

High Inflation in Europe, War in Europe, NO GAS or Oil in Europe; no doubt, Qatar World Cup 2022 the best option for 2022. That Country has massive oil, gas. Europe and America are disaster now. Inflation so high in Europe and America. TBH, Qatar is the best option so far. Imagine having World Cup in Europe or America while Russia is bombing Ukraine. That will be embarrassing for Europe and America. TBH, Qatar actually saved the World Cup 2022.

[@petercross3984]

@@groundtrader173 what on earth are you talking about 😂

[@mutantenderlord5155]

it's so funny reading these comments 6 months later 😹😹

[@colinodere7222]

1st this nightmare of a World Cup and then European super league lite coming up in 2024/25. Sigh things are only gonna get worse from here on out

[@johnhonai4601]

Champions League consisting both league format and knockout stage in same edition. I cannot understand how clubs agreed to this crazy idea. Players can protest but in their minds they also know these clubs are paying them 100k+ pounds / week

[@TheMan750]

It’s going to get to a point where some will ask, “it’s it worth going that far” and if the WC final is played in a semi empty arena, that’s a black eye for FIFA that will totally be worth it

[@groundtrader173]

High Inflation in Europe, War in Europe, NO GAS or Oil in Europe; no doubt, Qatar World Cup 2022 is the be the best option for 2022. That Country has massive oil, gas. Europe and America are disaster now. Inflation so high in Europe and America. TBH, Qatar is the best option so far. Imagine having World Cup in Europe or America while Russia is bombing Ukraine. That will be she for Europe and America. TBH, Qatar actually saved the World Cup 2022.

[@Hero-and-Hooligan]

They would just fill it with giving locals free tickets

[@aatishlm10]

Bro see ticket applications how many people applied and then say

[@ebrahimparuk735]

@@aatishlm10 well said! I for one hope thats the case as im going for same games and i would love to go for the final lol!

[@johnhonai4601]

Ticket applications from India is very high for this world cup compared to other world cups. Gulf is 2nd home for many people who worked there; not sure if they had considered 'the sleeping issue' before applying. Maybe few of them can sleep at friend's or relatives house. Others :(

[@jamesnewstead7099]

That tent village sounds fyre.... festival

[@sdot5389]

This is going to be as lit as the Fyre Festival x 100.

[@rugarejeche5519]

This is going to be a disaster

[@magivkmeister6166]

As long as the football is good.

[@JoseMendoza-hz3bu]

Fyre festival vibes. They gunna be sleeping in refugee camps

[@spark556]

World Cup of shame

[@olamideadio]

Underrated how good this is.

[@ronaldkhunga5251]

With only 5 months to go, I sure hope that the preps are on schedule for the world cup. I am anticipating fans having to pay ridiculous amounts of money for services that are limited in supply. It's good for tourism and business but I wish all this was concluded sooner. This World Cup is one that not many fans are looking forward to. My best to the Qatari people, they are doing their best but FIFA should consider all these logistics in future awards.

[@groundtrader173]

High Inflation in Europe, War in Europe, NO GAS or Oil in Europe; no doubt, Qatar World Cup 2022 the best option for 2022. That Country has massive oil, gas. Europe and America are disaster now. Inflation so high in Europe and America. TBH, Qatar is the best option so far. Imagine having World Cup in Europe or America while Russia is bombing Ukraine. That will be embarrassing for Europe and America. TBH, Qatar actually saved the World Cup 2022.

[@karimthepilot1055]

5:07 The circled airport is actually the new one. The old airport is on its left :)

[@barcaboi5056]

Good to see the old narrator back!

[@krampusk5699]

I feel much more comfortable once more

[@nikhil796]

Joe devine

[@bearallan]

Joe just had a short vacation

[@monnimatlala100]

In December I was wondering why I cant get any rooms but anyway the best trips are those you fly in without any booking and end up crashing somewhre

[@millmoormichael6630]

Could be cold in the desert at night

[@TheKiman2]

This World Cup is gonna by fyre!

[@bongs_esc]

Great background music

[@insertnamehere5809]

This is going to be the FYRE 🔥 FESTIVAL of football tournaments

[@danieljoseph6646]

Being a bot is not much fun is it?

[@beaniesatthebeach8457]

🤣🤣

[@audibleseekz]

This is about to be the FIFA equivalent of Fyre Festival.

[@hindhtvaterrorism4559]

People can take a shuttle flight service from many gulf states to Doha or the games on a daily basis

[@someiranian1840]

Just Go the near Iranian Islands. way cheaper, lots of attractions and good transportation. You can travel between Qatar and Kish Island using furies and commercial boats.

[@iceman1125]

first build stadiums with bonded labor then host top tournament in the world and sports wash everything

[@J17legacy]

Aren't they building stadiums with shipping containers? Maybe the can build place to stay with shipping containers too lol

[@krim7]

They need to build a ton of Hostels. Huge rooms, filled with bunk beds. Lockers to store your valuables.

[@n7eet]

Stay in Riyadh Saudi Arabia, they announced a daily flight of 44 between the cities and they are less than an hour away

[@RandomVideosFirst]

Camping in 35 plus degree heat and the same issue of sanitation lol

[@romanschuster1709]

This makes about as much sense as the US hosting the Cricket World Cup

[@hamster4810]

Yeah but at least the us has the facilities and size to host matches

[@sohagdas8351]

Not really. You see accommodation would never be a problem because 1) Cricket World Cup only has 10 teams and bar fans of 2 or 3 nationalities won't turn up in huge numbers. 2) US have enough accomodations already. Also West Indies are already a cricketing nation hence they already have many stadiums. If the US really really need to host some games they only need a stadium or 2 which I think they can make in 4 years time.

[@natsudragneel8466]

@@sohagdas8351 the world cup form 2026 will have 16 teams

[@mudged]

Makes more sense to host it there

[@sohagdas8351]

@@natsudragneel8466 That's still half the teams. And I'm pretty sure the last 8-9 teams aren't at all invested in cricket.

[@SuperMusa1998]

I work at the airport and we are going to host some of the fans, some countries in the ME will too

[@wandaprock1015]

This is the 1 st of June and trying to get a room is just crazy they have jacked up hotel prices up already , the same hotel I was looking at 4 months ago went up 200 $ USD , hopefully I can go late January when I can afford it 🤷

[@Uz4L]

And the vaccination? I cannot understand how unvaccinated/vaccinated with only two doses can travel there

[@1009reaper]

I was just looking at the hotel situation a month ago and gave up buying World Cup tickets 😂

[@thesaint8400]

Good call. It's going to be 0 craic

[@StevieObieYT]

So in other words, the stadiums will be empty because fans will have nowhere to stay. Regular fans cannot afford it. Which means that only the Super rich and wealthy elitists can go to the games. FIFA Corruption At It's Finest... 🤨

[@mohdbassam]

I live in qatar and there are many accommodation options that are available for fans

[@sirj820]

Affordable?

[@marwan0511]

@@sirj820 if worst comes to worst you could stay in Saudi-Arabia hotels near the borders.

[@hovinke]

Personally, I really looking forward to this tournament for a long time, back when my country also bidding to become the host. It make no sense to held World cup here but they say they will build a very huge air conditioner. Back then the stadium haven't been built also, and some of them will take place in a city that haven't exist back then. This is very exciting, let's see how money resolve the problems. But after several years? If qatar don't regularly held big tournaments, i don't know what will they do to the hotels and stadiums. I believe they will still take care of these, even the money is not small, but nobody know what will happen when we all use electric vehicle in 10 years, maybe by that time qatar already successfuly selling their tourism and creative economy.

[@Rauzert]

Maybe they can house the players in the same buildings and conditions as the people who built the stadiums, maybe that will change their mind about going there in the first place.

[@corvus2512]

Camping in the desert seems really cool to be fair.... still, this is going to be a disaster

[@demonedante1148]

I know many who wanted to reserve tickets to go watch the World Cup but canceled after hearing that we will have to directly leave after our match and can’t decide if we wanted to stay longer since our team won and qualified for the next round

[@neerajpandey243]

Try air hotels for manage crowd.

[@AutopilotAndChill]

5 and a half months before the kickoff? They need a miracle. I hope it all works out but I doubt it.

[@wishiknewaname9307]

This World Cup is about to be the new Fyre Festival

[@blindlyblinded]

this video was 5 months old..any updated video on the accomodation? i'm sure everything has sorted out

[@mazin6703]

I live in Qatar for 15 years and rent has increased big time this year and more people are visiting them ever before it still 6 months to World Cup

[@DTL9164]

I'm sleeping in bed during the world cup🤣

[@officialwillieg2001]

Qatar 2022: Camping in the desert😂😂

[@ameetorres9]

numbers are gonna be crazy

[@dontomas7177]

I cancelled my trip to Qatar, I live in Arizona, and I am very aware of how the desert temperatures can be. I was planning to travel with my son. I am going to Cancun instead. will watch the World Cup on TV.

[@grahambroome5660]

I was considering going to this world cup (despite the human rights concerns) - thought it would be a very interesting experience. The accommodation situation just sounded like a complete shitshow though and was the last straw for my waivering interest. Will save it for USA/Mex/Canada instead...

[@sirissac3799]

Good call

[@syedmudassirhussain1305]

Just watching a silly video you are spoiling a fantastic trip you will enjoy in qatar and can see things which u cant see in west And for sure Qatar will host the WC comfortably

[@Tigerman303]

You didn't really care about human rights in the first place. Sad.

[@PodcastCentral333]

Us / mex is the move !

[@thesaint8400]

The USA/Mex/Can will be awesome.

[@yagesh287]

Qatar is the worst host already. So so many deaths along with corruption charges and now this.

[@gaiusjuliuspleaser]

Which is impressive if you consider where the last few World Cups have been hosted...

[@MrSidkhan1]

Salty dirty extremists terrorists hindus

[@LucianC137]

Camping for the world cup reminds me of the opening of harry potter and the goblet of fire. I think it will make it even more festive.

[@paulasanchezpalomar]

Hello, I think your video is very interesting and I'd like to reference it in my master's project. Could you provide me the references where you got all the data that you mention? Thank you very much.

[@jtjr26]

I don't have any way to back this up, but I have a feeling this World Cup is going to be a $hit show of epic proportions at least off the pitch. I am sure the venues, media centers, and other structures used for official functions will be fine but stories like this about where the average fan is going to sleep or how alcohol use be fans get treated lead me to believe there are going to be some bad stories coming out of this event. Of course, this does not include the thousands of migrant workers that died building those facilities.

[@playboiroza9718]

No problem with no alcohol and its their right

[@harrykay6221]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣well that didn’t go well . Qatar🙏💕

[@AnonNomad]

I wouldn't know because I won't be watching it lmao. Makes me laugh that we still have teams in England taking a knee now and then but we're okay with going to a tournament built by actual slaves. Can't wait for North Korea 2028!

[@opinionatortv6457]

Performative Activism

[@Nyante]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@CMJames]

Did England chose the location of the World Cup??? Is it their choice to hold it there? Your conflating two completely separate issues which quite frankly makes you sound a bit dim.

[@andrei19238]

Yeah your special

[@AnonNomad]

@@andrei19238 you're*

[@sandrotrigo]

I think this video failed to add that there are apartment buildings which are available. My family will be staying in an apartment in Doha but we went with Match Hospitality as we did when we went to Russia 2018.

[@sfisozonke865]

A thumbnail with a sleeping Joe devine is not an image I was expecting to see today lol. Good stuff from the artist