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Qatar Unveils World Cup Fan Village
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0:48Now PlayingQatar unveiled on Wednesday a 6,000-cabin fan village in an isolated lot near its airports, an offering for housing toward the lower end of what's available for the upcoming World Cup just days away from starting.
The cabins were built on a 3.1 square-kilometer (1.1 square-mile) site, which housed a metro station, a bus stop, and a planned temporary restaurant and convenience store.
The area could in theory hold as many as 12,000 people if booked at capacity, officials said.
The cabins make up "around 24%" of total bookings, said Omar al-Jaber, the head of accommodation at Qatar's Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy for the tournament.
The brightly colored cabins, each with thin walls, are designed to hold one or two people with twin beds, a nightstand, a small table and chair, air conditioning, a toilet and a shower inside.
"Most of the fans they prefer, if it's not a hotel, they prefer the apartment and villa," al-Jaber said, noting those options are managed by French hospitality company Accor.
However, those wanting budget accommodation will come to this site and the other for cheaper options, he said.
Each will go for around $200 a night, $270 with board, as the tournament goes on.
There will be other rooms offered at $80 a night farther out than this site near Doha International Airport and Hamad International Airport, both of which will be seeing flights at all hours during the tournament.
Those staying at the Fan Village can expect a 40-minute commute to stadium sites.
In the lead-up to the tournament, concerns about hotel room space and high prices for the rooms available have trailed Qatar, which lacks hotel capacity for all teams, workers, volunteers and fans at the World Cup. So Doha has created camping and cabin sites, hiring cruise ships, and encouraging fans to stay in neighboring countries and fly in for games.
Qatar has estimated it will have 130,000 rooms per day for the tournament.
There are still "multiple options" available for fans in Qatar available to rent al-Jaber said.
"We have enough accommodation and people still they can come and enjoy the tournament and of course they can choose what they are looking for from the accommodation," he added.
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