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Re:FIFA Officials Arrested on Corruption Charges; Face Extra... by akfanta on Wednesday May 27, 2015 @08:15AM (#9610779)
> Specifically soccer-related infrastructure

Do you have any sources for the claim? As far as I know, football is quite popular in middle east. Football clubs in that area have consistently been strong contenders in the AFC champions league. This means they have a healthy and competitive domestic league. Claiming they don't have soccer-related infrastructure is pretty ridiculous.

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Re:FIFA Officials Arrested on Corruption Charges; Face Extra... by riffraff on Wednesday May 27, 2015 @08:58AM (#9610999)
WC-level stadiums are not the same thing as normal stadiums, i.e. a stadium for 20k people is not ok. They are planning to build 9 and expand 3, and they are actually going to dismantle part of them after they are used. Wikipedia has some stuff[0][1].

[0] " Local organizers are planning to build 9 new stadiums and expand 3 existing stadiums for this event." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar#Football

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar_2022_FIFA_World_Cup_bid#P...

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