Qatar's way of cooling stadiums for 2022 World Cup, it is actually pretty cool IMO

• Fab1b

  

  http://www.thepostgame.com/homepage/201103/2022-world-cup-high-tech-way-beat-heat-qatar
  

  Qatar won the bid to host the 2022 World Cup by promising that its nine new open-air soccer stadiums would be air-conditioned. Now the Qataris have announced another cool twist to their hospitality -- an artificial cloud to hover above the stadium and provide shade.
  
  The head of mechanical and industrial engineering at Qatar University said the cloud would be positioned by remote control and run on solar power.
  
  Based on the design shown in local Qatari news outlets, the cloud isn't white and fluffy. It is flat and rectangular, resembling a giant cell phone, and will be built using light carbonic materials. Perhaps something was lost in translation from Arabic because the invention is more spaceship than cloud, but ultimately players and fans will benefit from the shade.
  
  The cost of the cloud is $500,000, but money is no obstacle for Qatar, which is one of the world's richest countries thanks to vast natural gas and oil reserves.
  
  There have been concerns about the heat ever since Qatar began its campaign in 2009 to pursue a World Cup. The average high for July in Qatar is 106 degrees, and temperatures have reached 120 degrees in the summer. That is one reason why Prince Ali of Jordan suggested shifting the 2022 World Cup from its traditional time in July to January, which is Qatar's coolest month with an average high of 71 degrees.
  
  Temperatures were in the 60s for the 2010 World Cup championship match in Johannesburg, South Africa, held on July 11, between Spain and the Netherlands.
  
  Qatar, which is roughly the size of Connecticut, will be the smallest nation to host a World Cup. The other finalists to host in 2022 were the U.S., Australia, Japan and South Korea.

  
  
  Now what happens when one of these things fail and fall into the stadium and smash everyone?
• Fab1b

  

  
• Automatik

  

  Wow, thats badass.
• wildcats20

  

  I'll believe it when I see it.
  
  You have to think one of them will fail at some point.
• chicago510

  

  Dont they need to be a bit bigger? That shades like 30% of the stadium if drawn to scale.
• Automatik

  

  I'm guessing they are mostly concerned with the player?
  
  I'm still blown away that Qatar got the bid.
• Fab1b

  

  Oh I was totally blown away that Qatar got the bid as well, I think as most of the world did too!
• OSH

  

  The stadiums aren't AS open as what that model shows. They are very similar to the "hole in the roof" domes that we see in Dallas Stadium.
  
  The stadiums have a partial roof that covers much of the crowds -- which each person is supposed to have a cooled seat.
• wildcats20

  

  OSH;722247 wrote:The stadiums are AS open as what that model shows. They are very similar to the "hole in the roof" domes that we see in Dallas Stadium.
  
  The stadiums have a partial roof that covers much of the crowds -- which each person is supposed to have a cooled seat.

  
  Aren't?
• OSH

  

  wildcats20;722254 wrote:Aren't?

  
  Whoops, good call.
• darbypitcher22

  

  I"m curious to see how it works... sure seems to have hefty price tag on it
• Fab1b

  

  Darby Qatar is by no means hurting for $$
• darbypitcher22

  

  I know they aren't.
• Laley23

  

  Im surprised it is only 500k actually.
  
  But all in all, its just dumb we are talking about these lengths just so people dont pass out and die. All wouldve been solved by a different vote you greedy POS Fifa voters!
• OSH

  

  [video=youtube;d-z2jtUS9-Y][/video]
  
  Here are the plans for Qatar's first 5 stadiums. They are tremendous.
  
  I understand the complaints about Qatar getting the bid, but with what they are doing...why not? The stadiums are gorgeous. They plan on taking some of them down and building them in other underdeveloped nations post-World Cup. They have the money. There hasn't been a World Cup in the Middle East, and with Sepp Blatter at the helm, he's going to try and take soccer to those places that need built up more.
  
  The biggest problem with Qatar hosting the World Cup, from a fan's perspective, is that it's illegal to drink alcohol in public and the only places that really have nightclubs/bars are the really expensive hotels. That is a problem for soccer hooligans.
• thavoice

  "Simpsons did it" (from a quote from South Park).
  
  Shoulda just consulted Monty Burns and just blcok out the sun!
• thavoice

  May have been said....but........what about Terrorism? Seems like Qatar has been pretty quiet with it somehow, but if lets say the USA makes it....that will be one helluva securtiy risk
• darbypitcher22

  

  some nifty looking designs
• tuskytuffguy

  So, what are the chances a bombing happens during the tourney? Which stadium will get blown up?
• tk421

  

  the way we are going through middle east countries, we're liable to be bombing Qatar by 2022.
• Fab1b

  

  tk421;723153 wrote:the way we are going through middle east countries, we're liable to be bombing Qatar by 2022.

  
  2022?? More like next Tuesday
• Automatik

  

  lol.....I knew there would be replies like this.
  
  I'm more focused on the next WC. I wan't to go so f'n bad.
• OSH

  

  Automatik;723232 wrote:lol.....I knew there would be replies like this.
  
  I'm more focused on the next WC. I wan't to go so f'n bad.

  
  I am hoping to be in a position to be going to it. I have several friends that live in Brazil, so it'd be a great time to go see them. Maybe I can use it as a tax write-off for "work expenses."
  
  I have to start saving up now for it though. I think I saw an estimate of $5,500 for the World Cup experience, and that is not including plane tickets.
• bigkahuna

  ^^^Drive