The cost of hosting the World Cup in Qatar has exceeded the cost of 7 World Cups

The football world cup is knocking on the door. Not even a month left for the start of the World Cup. All preparations for the World Cup have already been completed by the host Qatar and football governing body FIFA. However, in this year’s World Cup, the host Qatar surprised everyone. The cost of organizing their World Cup exceeded the total cost of 7 World Cups from 1994 to 2018.

The 2014 World Cup in Brazil was the most expensive football World Cup ever. Their expenditure amount was 1,32,707 crore 27 lakh rupees. But to everyone’s surprise, Qatar, the host of the World Cup this time, spent 17,68,189 crores and 67 lakh rupees. Which is more than 15 times than Brazil World Cup.

There are reasons behind this huge amount of money spent on Qatar World Cup. This year’s World Cup will be held in 8 different stadiums in 8 different cities. All of which are newly built by Qatar. Among them, the notable stadium is ‘Stadium 974’. Which is built with 974 shipping containers. Amazingly, this is the only stadium in history that was built only to be demolished.

Apart from the construction of the stadium, Qatar has also spent a lot of money on building the field for the players to practice, the facilities for the players and the spectators in the field. Moreover, football lovers from different countries have started coming to the country to watch their favorite teams play. The Qatar authorities have also spent money on building additional hotels to accommodate them.

It should be noted that after becoming the host country, it was announced from Qatar that they will appear with new surprises. They have already made a surprise about the cost of the World Cup. The World Cup is still a few days away. Maybe there are bigger surprises ahead.