15,000 rooms to be made available for visiting fans

The Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy for the 2022 Qatar World Cup has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Governmental Housing and Buildings Department of the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs to offer accommodation for visiting fans at the 2022 World Cup.

In a statement, the Supreme Committee announced that contracts valid for five years have been signed with property owners within the Residential Accommodation programme.

The contracts are renewable both during and after the World Cup, in line with Qatar National Vision 2030. It is also expected that the programme will cover real estate needs for government housing.

The MoU underlines Qatar's desire to collaborate with all state institutions in order to ensure that the
showpiece event not only delivers to every expectation but also is one which is worthy of the name of the State of Qatar and strengthen its position in the sporting world.

SC General Secretary Hassan Al-Thawadi said, “We succeeded in securing thousands of rooms more than two years before the start of the first FIFA World Cup in the Middle East and the Arab world as a result of this cooperation with the Ministry of Administrative Development Labour and Social Affairs, and we are very pleased with this key achievement”