KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – The searing desert heat of a Middle East summer will be no obstacle to Qatar hosting a World Cup finals, the Gulf State’s bid chief said on Tuesday while promising new heat-confounding technologies.
Qatar hopes to stage the 2022 soccer extravaganza and painted an alluring picture to the sport’s insiders meeting in the Malaysian capital this week.
“It will be hot, but not too hot,” the bid’s CEO Hassan Al Thawadi told reporters. “We are developing technology which will help with the June and July heat and conditions.”
