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Qatar to build world's first demountable football stadium out of shipping containers
• newatlas.com by Nick LavarsAhead of the 2022 event, host Qatar has unveiled designs for a modular stadium that promises to address this dilemma, with the ability to be disassembled and reconstructed in another form in another location.
The Ras Abu Aboud Stadium is designed by Spain's Fenwick Iribarren Architects, and uses shipping containers as its primary building blocks. This is a tip of the hat to its location close to Doha's port, but also serves a very practical purpose. Each of these shipping containers will house things like removable seats, concession stands and toilets, and can be dismantled and moved off once the cup has been run and won.
This could mean that either the entire stadium is rebuilt in another location, perhaps for another World Cup, or sectioned off into smaller sports or cultural venues.