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A shiny, new World Cup city: 2022

Updated 1859 GMT (0259 HKT) September 3, 2014

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Lusail is a planned city being built from scratch along the Persian Gulf in Qatar. Expected to be completed in 2019, it will be packed with technologically advanced features.
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A shiny, new World Cup city – Lusail is a planned city being built from scratch along the Persian Gulf in Qatar. Expected to be completed in 2019, it will be packed with technologically advanced features.
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Lusail Stadium, still to be built, is expected to host the final game of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
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A shiny, new World Cup city – Lusail Stadium, still to be built, is expected to host the final game of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
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The stadium will be surrounded by a moat and contain advanced, open-air cooling systems to combat the blistering Qatar summer heat.
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A shiny, new World Cup city – The stadium will be surrounded by a moat and contain advanced, open-air cooling systems to combat the blistering Qatar summer heat.
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Qatar sees Lusail as a business and leisure center with a cluster of four commercial skyscrapers.
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A shiny, new World Cup city – Qatar sees Lusail as a business and leisure center with a cluster of four commercial skyscrapers.
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The city's energy, communications and transportation systems will be run with the help of computers from a single command center, allowing Lusail to automatically adapt to changing traffic and weather conditions.
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A shiny, new World Cup city – The city's energy, communications and transportation systems will be run with the help of computers from a single command center, allowing Lusail to automatically adapt to changing traffic and weather conditions.
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The city is being integrated with the surrounding Gulf via man-made islands, canals, marinas and other water features.
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A shiny, new World Cup city – The city is being integrated with the surrounding Gulf via man-made islands, canals, marinas and other water features.
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Lusail's Marina Mall, an upscale retail palace expected to open in 2017, is comprised of five interconnected "pods."
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A shiny, new World Cup city – Lusail's Marina Mall, an upscale retail palace expected to open in 2017, is comprised of five interconnected "pods."
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The waterfont mall, cooled in part by solar power, will have a canal running through it and waterfalls throughout.
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A shiny, new World Cup city – The waterfont mall, cooled in part by solar power, will have a canal running through it and waterfalls throughout.
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Between stand-alone homes and luxury condos, Lusail will contain housing for some 250,000 people.
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A shiny, new World Cup city – Between stand-alone homes and luxury condos, Lusail will contain housing for some 250,000 people.
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Buildings will be cooled by chilled water pumped through a vast network of pipes, which the city's developers say is more energy efficient than electrical air conditioning.
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A shiny, new World Cup city – Buildings will be cooled by chilled water pumped through a vast network of pipes, which the city's developers say is more energy efficient than electrical air conditioning.
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