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integration. Our contingency
plans helped us to move on, find
alternative routes, and continue our
construction projects as scheduled.
“We’ve all shown such resilience in
the face of adversity and it’s made
us all the more determined to deliver
the most amazing FIFA World Cup
the world has ever seen.”
“We want the 2022 World
Cup to be remembered as
the best tournament, but
we also want to set the
benchmark for how major
sporting events deliver
real social and economic
legacies long after they have
finished”
The SC team is made up of over
400 employees from 52 different
nationalities, so it is an exceptionally
diverse workforce.
Women will also be centre stage
in the Qatari World Cup effort,
she explains. “Qatar is keen
to empower women through
encouraging them to excel and
succeed in any discipline,” she
says. “Qatar has always had strong
inspirational female role models.”
The 2022 event will also notch
up a number of ‘firsts’, she says.
“This will be the first World Cup
for an Arab state and the first World
Cup in the Middle East. We can’t
wait to welcome the world to look
at the region for reasons other than
conflict and dispute.
“Tournament-wise, this will be the
first ‘compact’ World Cup in history,
meaning the longest distance
between stadiums is only 55km and
fans will be able to watch two live
matches in one day.
“We want to create an Olympic
Village atmosphere in and around
Doha, which hasn’t been done in
a World Cup before. I am an avid
football fan and can’t wait to see the
world’s best players take to the pitch
in some of our unique tournament
venues.
“Watching a semi-final at Al Bayt
Stadium in Al Khor is going to be
a special moment for me as it’s by
far my favourite stadium design and
a project I have been involved with
since the start.
But it is when the sports events finish
that Al Nuaimi’s real work begins.
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