
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.

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.

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.

A shiny, new World Cup city —
Qatar sees Lusail as a business and leisure center with a cluster of four commercial skyscrapers.

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.

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.

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."

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.

A shiny, new World Cup city —
Between stand-alone homes and luxury condos, Lusail will contain housing for some 250,000 people.

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.