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Doha Port Stadium to be located at existing airport

Existing Doha Airport to be 2022 Cup stadium Qatar to have high performance sports centres Doha: Doha Port Stadium- one of the nine new football stadiums that Qatar seeks to construct for the FIFA World Cup 2022 - will be built at the existing Doha International Airport, according to the Qatar Sports Venue Master Plan. The Qatar Sports Venue Master Plan was presented to the public for the first time on the third day of the four-day Aspire4Sport Congress which concluded on Thursday. The plan was introduced by Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Secretary General of the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC), and presented by Abdul Rahman Al Malki, Director of Engineering at QOC. According to Qatar Sports Venue Master Plan, the FIFA World Cup 2022 hosts are planning to convert the existing airport into a multi-functional sports complex once the new airport becomes operational and the existing one is shut for air traffic. Work on the sports project is expected to begi...