What VCU Qatar needs

eaglescout1984

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Okay, I'm all for a football team and stadium for our campus in Qatar. And by "football" I speak, of course, of association football!
Since FIFA has decided to look over the US for the 2022 World Cup and decided to play it in Qatar, maybe we can jump on the bandwagon. We can build a world class stadium and officially say VCU hosted World Cup games. :mrgreen:

This of course is not serious. I don't even know how many world class soccer stadiums Qatar already has. But this was the first thing that sprang to my mind when I heard the announcement. :lol:
 
they will have to build 12 more world-class stadiums.
We can always hope one of them would be near vcu Qatar campus.

eaglescout1984 said:
Okay, I'm all for a football team and stadium for our campus in Qatar. And by "football" I speak, of course, of association football!
Since FIFA has decided to look over the US for the 2022 World Cup and decided to play it in Qatar, maybe we can jump on the bandwagon. We can build a world class stadium and officially say VCU hosted World Cup games. :mrgreen:

This of course is not serious. I don't even know how many world class soccer stadiums Qatar already has. But this was the first thing that sprang to my mind when I heard the announcement. :lol:
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BBC America states that after the WC they will be dismantled and shipped to developing nations 8-)
 
i understand that the Big East after discovering the opportunity to field a football team in Qatar, has offered vcu a slot in the conference. When questioned about the far flung destination, norwood teague indicated that the flights to and from the middle east are only about 3x the flights from UConn to TCU whats the big deal...
 
While I very much so wanted the U.S. to win the bid, I think the fact that Qatar got it is pretty cool. They are a financially loaded nation and represent a model of peace and stability in the Middle East. Logistically this will be interesting though, as Qatar is only about the size of Connecticutt and has a popluation on par with that of the entire Hampton Roads metro area (1.6 mill). The one plus is that travel during the world cup will be a breeze for teams, they'll have to build these stadiums on top of each other, in and around Doha, the capital. Doha, like Kuwait City looks very western, with skyscrapers and the like, as Qatar has embraced capitalism. It also represents where nearly all the people in Qatar live. It's going to be interesting, 120 degrees nearly every day in the summer is no joke. I'm sure everyone will be talking their ass off about hydration during this World Cup (kind of like how commentators won't shut up about the elevation when there is a game in Denver).

Qatar was an interesting choice to say the least.
 
Supposedly the open air stadiums to be built in Quatar will be air conditioned. I have no idea how they will accomplish this technologically challenging feat, but I have no doubt they will be expensive to design, build and maintain.

Can you imagine walking to your car through a parking lot with the temperature at 130F?
 
...but it's a dry heat.


On the subject of 'dry,' are they going to make special dispensations or provide set-aside areas where traditional pre/during/post-game consumption of alcoholic beverages can take place? Can you imagine English fans, in that heat, not being allowed to imbibe? Could get mighty ugly.
 
artRAMinMN said:
...but it's a dry heat.


On the subject of 'dry,' are they going to make special dispensations or provide set-aside areas where traditional pre/during/post-game consumption of alcoholic beverages can take place? Can you imagine English fans, in that heat, not being allowed to imbibe? Could get mighty ugly.
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I'm still stunned FIFA would allow a country that alcoholic beverages are illegal to host a World Cup.
 
unitedram said:
artRAMinMN said:
...but it's a dry heat.


On the subject of 'dry,' are they going to make special dispensations or provide set-aside areas where traditional pre/during/post-game consumption of alcoholic beverages can take place? Can you imagine English fans, in that heat, not being allowed to imbibe? Could get mighty ugly.
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I'm still stunned FIFA would allow a country that alcoholic beverages are illegal to host a World Cup.
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well, apparently Qatar, like some of the other rich little Gulf states, aren't really that strict if you're not native, but I still think there will be access and cost issues where the drink is concerned

also, here's an article about the plans for stadiums... or is the plural stadi? stadae?
http://www.wired.com/playbook/2010/12/g ... -stadiums/

ps: the 4th one in the slideshow ( http://www.wired.com/playbook/2010/12/g ... ms/?pid=78 )is in the "Education City" suburb of Doha, where the VCUQatar campus, along with a bunch of other schools and satellite campuses, is located
 
So would that maybe make the team's name: VCU-Doha or VCU-Qatar? Little old RPI woulda never thunk it... :ugeek:
 
Beckenbauer: Play 2022 World Cup in winter
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Franz Beckenbauer says the 2022 World Cup in Qatar should be played in January and February, when the temperatures in the Gulf state are more moderate.

The German football great and FIFA executive committee member said it would be possible to make a one-time change to European league fixtures to allow for the World Cup to be played in winter.

Beckenbauer told Saturday’s Bild newspaper this would be a cheaper solution then air conditioning all stadiums. Qatar’s summer temperatures top 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit).

“One should think about another solution. In January and February you have comfortable 25 degrees (Celsius—77 Fahrenheit) there,” Beckenbauer said. “Qatar won the vote and deserves a fair chance as the first host from the Middle East.”

Beckenbauer said it was a mistake to choose World Cup hosts for 2018 and 2022 at the same time. Russia will stage the 2018 World Cup, “and it will be a strong host,” he said.

Beckenbauer said he was surprised by the early eliminations of Australia as a candidate for the 2022 World Cup and England for the 2018 tournament.

England got the best marks in FIFA’s own evaluation report ahead of the vote, but still lost in the first round of voting. Beckenbauer declined to reveal how he voted.

Beckenbauer has said that he intends to step down from FIFA’s executive committee in March for family reasons.

http://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/news?slu ... eckenbauer
 
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