The owners of the magnificent Glastonbury Festival stadium, Arcadia, have apparently been contracted by the World Cup organizers to manage a Qatar 2022 counterpart during the World Cup.
According to The Sun, the music event would feature the “most immersive spectacles on Earth” with a 50-ton fire-breathing spider and appearances by well-known DJs.
Over a decade of Glastonbury festival performances have taken place on the Arcadia spider-style festival stage.
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The festival in Qatar will be a completely unique layout, which is part of other World Cup entertainment events sponsored by the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC).
The event will reportedly be held near Ras Bu Fontas metro station and host up to 25,000 fans during November and December 2022.
Qatari organisers have yet to confirm the pricing policy but British media reported that the event tickets are likely to cost £50( QR185) per day.
Fans will be able to watch all four daily games in the group stage of the tournament, which begins on November 20, in addition to performances from the global stage of techno and house music that are yet to be confirmed.
The festival will also have food options and bars selling alcohol from 10 a.m. until 5 a.m. throughout the day, but this yet to be confirmed.
Arcadia spider was founded in 2007 and developed at the Glastonbury Festival. Since then, it has toured on four continents and drawn over two million spectators worldwide.
The biggest names in dance music have performed on this sculpted stage spider, and it has appeared at renowned events and festivals from America to Australia.
The Arcadia spider will arrive in Doha in November to perform at the first-ever Middle Eastern concert.
Qatar’s first-ever fan festival
The festival joins a long list of events scheduled to keep fans entertained during the World Cup later this year.
Qatar’s Al Bidda Park will operate during the tournament to host thousands of fans attending the global sporting event.
Debuting as a ‘reimagined’ FIFA Fan Festival, the event will be a collection of local cultures and music.
Distinctive from the World Cup, the FIFA Fan Festival will include the digitalisation of football games and will also have the company of FIFA Legends.
“To support our mission to make football truly global, accessible and inclusive, we are thrilled to introduce a new vision for the entertainment experience surrounding future FIFA World Cup events,” FIFA President Gianni Infantino said.
Giant screens showing live broadcasts of FIFA matches and concerts by well-known national and international performers are just a few of the available attractions.
The FIFA Fan Festival will also have a food court and an official FIFA Store, both of which will sell officially licensed World Cup merchandise.
The first Middle East World Cup will begin in less than 50 days and will draw millions of spectators from all around the world.
