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Doha's 40,000-seat Ras Abu Aboud Stadium, constructed partially of shipping containers, will be dismantled and repurposed after Qatar 2022

Ras Abu Aboud Stadium is under construction © Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy

Ras Abu Aboud Stadium, a 40,000-seat temporary venue billed as the world’s first ‘demountable’ stadium, is under construction in Doha, Qatar.

Constructed on an artificial promontory in the district of the same name, Ras Abu Aboud Stadium is being built to a modular design, and partly out of old shipping containers from Doha Port. It is one of eight new venues under construction ahead of the Fifa World Cup football competition in 2022.

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