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Lusail city overview
Lusail is a city in Qatar shaped by its region, population, local economy, landmarks, climate and civic history. This overview summarizes the city itself: where it sits, what defines it, which places anchor its identity and why it matters within the wider country.
City facts
Known forLusail, Key city in Qatar, Lusail planning base 3, Lusail planning base 4
RegionQatarQatar
Time zoneAsia/Qatarlocal time
Founded966historical origin
City history
It is currently the second largest football stadium in Asia but eventually will reduce its current capacity of 88,966 to 40,000 in the near future.
Lusail Stadium was inaugurated on 9 September 2022 with the Lusail Super Cup game. Construction The Procurement process for the stadium conversion began in 2014.
A 2021 investigation by The Guardian revealed that over 6,500 migrant workers from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka died between 2010 and 2020 during construction of World Cup venues in Qatar.
Owned by the Qatar Football Association, it is the largest stadium in Qatar and the Middle East by capacity; one of eight stadiums built for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, it hosted the 2022.
On March 15 2026, UEFA announced the cancellation of the match due to safety concerns over the ongoing war in the region. See also Lusail Sports Arena, Lusail, Qatar Lists of stadiums References External.
Lusail Stadium (Arabic: استاد لوسيل, ALA-LC: Istād Lūsayl) is a football stadium in Lusail, Qatar.
The stadium was built as a joint venture by HBK Contracting and the China Railway Construction Corporation.
Excess seating will be removed and other parts of the building repurposed as a community space with shops, cafés, athletic and education facilities, and a health clinic.
The figures used by The Guardian did not include occupation or place of work so deaths could not be definitively associated with the World Cup construction programme.
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Lusail
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Key city in Qatar
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Lusail planning base 3
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Lusail planning base 4
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Lusail planning base 5
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Stay overview
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Hotels & areas
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Rental cars
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Transport notes
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Crowds
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