Doha, July 05 (QNA) - Several officials from the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) confirmed, during their participation in a live session organized by the Nadeeb Qatar on Twitter on Monday night, the State of Qatar's readiness to host the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 at the end of this year, with the tournament being an opportunity to reflect and highlight the Arab and Qatari heritage and culture.
The Executive Director of Sales, Marketing, and Communication in FIFA World Cup 2022 Hassan Rabia Al Kuwari confirmed that a new process will be launched to sell tickets for the tournament, starting Tuesday at 12 pm Doha time until Aug.16, through FIFA's official website. Unlike the previous stages, the purchase of the tickets will be made directly without the lottery system.
The lottery system for selling tickets followed previously was aimed at providing a fair opportunity in the purchase process for all fans. The previous phases witnessed record numbers of one million and 800 thousand tickets, Al Kuwari added.
He explained that the ticket prices in the phase beginning on Tuesday are the same prices announced previously and include 4 categories, one for citizens and residents and another for people with disabilities. He pointed out that the fan can buy 60 tickets during the tournament and attend more than one match per day for the advantage of being near the stadiums, and one person can buy six tickets for each match.
The Executive Director of Sales, Marketing, and Communication for FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 stressed that SC is keen on facilitating the process of entering stadiums for people with disabilities, as all tournament stadiums are fully prepared to serve them from the moment they arrive at the gate of the stadium until they are seated, by providing a special outlet to buy tickets at the site where they are sold.
Al Kuwari noted the need to purchase tickets through FIFA's official website to avoid being exposed to fraud. It is expected that the remaining tickets will be offered in the future at a later time if they are available after the end of the next ticket sale period on Aug. 16, he added.
On the mechanism of the ticket purchase process, Al Kuwari said that the purchase of World Cup tickets for citizens and residents inside Qatar is through the VISA card; for outside the country, it is done through the VISA card or other cards approved by FIFA. In the event that the fan is unable to attend the match that he purchased, the process of returning tickets will be available before the tournament through the FIFA website.
For his part, the Executive Director of the Housing Department at SC Omar Al Jaber confirmed, during his participation in the live session, that there are many housing options for the tournament that have been announced since last March and are updated daily to increase housing options. Namely, these options include apartments, villas, regular hotels, and floating hotels, hosting family, relatives and friends. The services that will be provided in the apartments and villas will be carried out through a company specialized in hotel services to offer an integrated service with a rating of 4 and 5 stars according to the location of the property and the services available in these properties, while the services available on ships are of a 5-star rating. The number of rooms in the two ships reached 4000 rooms, including 100 rooms for people with disabilities, and all rooms accommodate approximately 9,000 people. There are also entertainment activities that will be on the two ships.
The Executive Director of the Housing Department at SC added that among the housing options for people with disabilities, there are two projects submitted by Barwa Company to equip a number of rooms to meet the needs of people with disabilities to provide them with comfortable housing.
Omar Al Jaber also explained the stages of how to host family and friends through easy and simple steps. Based on registration by entering the official document data correctly, each person can host 10 people during the tournament in the housing unit or units of the host. The fan can determine the accommodation method as either single or shared through the many options available on the Hayya platform. (MORE)