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THE positives in Doha, Qatar, are seldom highlighted in the media: Do you know that the eight stadiums are located within a 35-mile radius of this downtown city

eight stadiums are located within a 35-mile radius of this downtown city that the 2022 World Cup is perhaps the most compact in football history.But to avoid congestion and make more tickets available to more people, the organisers have limited fans and the media to two games a day, with a four-hour window between kickoffs.

And to make it easier, with special free public transportation, to World Cup visitors, serving all eight stadiums. For the record, the top attendance of the tournament so far, according to FIFA, was the game at Lusail Stadium on 24 November, with 88,103 there to see Brazil beat Serbia 2-0. And at the Bidda Park showed the highest accumulative attendance, with a total of 98,000 fans throughout the day.The multi-national and multi-cultured festival of football screens every FIFA World Cup game on giant screens, as well as providing free entertainment between games with some of the most famous names from music scenes around the world – and has been enjoyed by fans from every corner of the globe.

 

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