New fan village with 6,000 ‘cabins’ unveiled at World Cup site
QATAR has unveiled a 6,000-cabin village built on a car park near its airports for fans attending the World Cup.
The 1.1 square-mile site features a metro station, bus stop, restaurant and convenience store. The area could hold as many as 12,000 people if booked at capacity.
Artificial green grass covers the walkways outside, with common areas filled with large bean-bag style chairs.
There is a large screen for fans to watch matches.
The cabins, with thin walls, are designed to accommodate one or two people with twin beds, a nightstand, a small table and chair, air conditioning, a toilet and shower.
They will be available for around 200 dollars a night - 270 dollars with board.
Some 60% of the cabins are already booked for the tournament, said Omar al-Jaber, the head of accommodation at Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy for the tournament.
There will be other rooms offered at 80 dollars a night farther out than this site near Doha International Airport and Hamad International Airport, both of which will be seeing flights at all hours during the tournament.