Unique World Cup ’fan village’ with a 6,000-cabin unveiled by Qatar organisers | Qatar 2022

Qatar unveiled on Wednesday a 6,000-cabin fan village in an isolated lot near its airports, an offering for housing toward the lower end of what’s available for the upcoming World Cup just days away from starting. The cabins were built on a 3.1 square-kilometer (1.1 square-mile) site, which housed a metro station, a bus stop, and a planned temporary restaurant and convenience store. The area could in theory hold as many as 12,000 people if booked at capacity, officials said. The cabins make up “around 24%“ of total bookings, said Omar al-Jaber, the head of accommodation at Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy for the tournament. The brightly colored cabins, each with thin walls, are designed to hold one or two people with twin beds, a nightstand, a small table and chair, air conditioning, a toilet and a shower inside. “Most of the fans they prefer, if it’s not a hotel, they prefer the apartment and villa,“ al-Jaber said, noting those options are mana