DOHA: The bill being paid by Qatar for the most expensive World Cup ever held is set to rise to fantasy levels in the one-month left to the Nov 20 kick off.
Gleaming new stadiums that cost more than $6.5 billion are ready, a driver-less metro system with a price tag of $36 billion serves five of the eight venues.
The palm tree-styled street lamps and neon office blocks that line the highway from the expanded international airport to central Doha will be an instant sign to the million-plus incoming fans that the first World Cup in an Arab nation is going to be a glitzy affair.
But with Qatar’s organisers desperate to convince the world of the event’s lasting legacy –…
