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The Lusail Stadium north of Doha is the largest World Cup arena
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For two days, figures at the World Cup caused a bit of confusion - at least among those who looked closely: when the audience figures were announced for the first four games in Qatar, a far higher figure was given than the arenas should actually have capacity.
nice calculation?
Manipulation?
Probably not.
Before the World Cup, the world association Fifa had obviously given rounded capacities for all stadiums, this was corrected on Tuesday.
Fifa published the official capacity of the eight World Cup arenas.
If you add up the capacity of all stadiums, there are now 46,231 more seats available - the capacity of another complete stadium.
This makes it clear: There are still tickets for the World Cup, none of the first four games were sold out.
The official capacity of the stadiums at a glance:
Al Bait Stadium:
68,895 instead of 60,000
Al Janub Stadium:
44,325 instead of 40,000
Ahmad bin Ali Stadium
: 45,032 instead of 40,000
Khalifa International Stadium:
45,857 instead of 40,000
Education City Stadium:
44,667 instead of 40,000
Lusail Stadium:
88,966 instead of 80,000
Stadium 974:
44,089 instead of 40,000
Al-Thumama Stadium
: 44,400 instead of 40,000
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