But what you may not know is that they're spending an estimated 220 billion dollars on hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Pretty wild, right?

So, why have they spent this much money, and what did they spend it on?

Well, that's why we have this video today.

So, sit back and enjoy as we bring to you the reasons why Qatar have spent 220 billion dollars on this year's World Cup. 

Number 1, They allegedly spent money to win the bid.

You see, ever since they won the bid to host the World Cup, there has been a lot of controversy. 

And the first major one had to do with the means through which they won that bid⏤yep, that's right.

Because it turns out they already started spending even before they won the bid.

Still don't understand what we mean?

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So, it's alleged that they didn't quite win the World Cup bid fairly.

There are many claims that they even bribed a lot of important people.

Yep, some of these people who have been alleged to have received bribes included footballing officials from various continents, and even officials of FIFA itself.

Of course, Qatar has repeatedly denied any knowledge of such acts.

But then, you don't expect them to publicly admit they have a bribe, do you?

Well, guess we really can't blame them if they really gave those bribes.

After all, money really rules the world, and they wouldn't be the first to splash out the cash to get stuff done.

Number 2, They had to build new sporting infrastructure.

Preparing for the World Cup is always a big deal for any host country.

One big reason for this is that they'd usually have to upgrade existing sports facilities.

And, well, that's usually quite expensive.

But guess what? In the case of Qatar, getting the sporting facilities ready was always gonna be a lot more expensive, and here's why we say so.

You see, virtually all countries that have hosted the World Cup are footballing countries.

So, those countries already have most of the needed facilities like stadiums.

But that was not the case in Qatar.

Yeah, that's right; not only are they a small nation, but they're also not what you would describe as a footballing nation.

So, they pretty much had to build 7 new stadiums for this tournament and upgraded 1 old stadium.

And, well, all these stadiums are currently some of the best in the world with amazing designs and technology. 

So, you shouldn't be so surprised to hear that they spent over 6 billion dollars in the building of these stadiums alone.

Yeah, 6 billion dollars.

But, as you'll soon find out, that amount is still almost nothing compared to the huge sums they had to spend on other projects.

Number 3, They had to build other non-sporting infrastructure.

Just as we mentioned earlier, Qatar has had to basically build their sporting infrastructure from scratch.

As a matter of fact, most of the money spent so far has been on these non-sporting facilities.  

Take, for example, the Doha metro.

This is the major railway transport system in the country's capital city.

And, well, it's also one of the fastest in the world. 

But it's not just the railway system they spent on.

They also built and developed a new international airport⏤the Hamad International Airport.

This one's sure to play a huge part in helping visitors come into the country. 

But they didn't stop there, though; they also built an entire city.

Okay, maybe not exactly, but what really happened was the transformation of the local town of Lusail from a village into a full-blown modern city.

Pretty impressive, right?

Well, yeah, they did that, and just as you'd imagine, they spent loads of money to get that done, too. 

But that's not all.

You see, Qatar is expecting over 1 million guests just for this World Cup.

And, just for some context, Qatar has a population fewer than 3 million people.

So, well, you know what that means.

Whatever accommodation they had when they won the World Cup bid wouldn't have been enough for the expected guests.

So over the past few years, they have had to create new accommodations in the form of hotels and other forms of shelters.

And despite all the money they've spent so far, it appears these shelter facilities still won't be enough to cater for everybody visiting Qatar this November.

All the same, these facilities are sure to play important roles in this year's World Cup.

But, even more importantly, they're also a part of a bigger plan to turn Qatar into a modern industrial hub before 2030.

Number 4, They had to recruit a lot of workers.

You see, it's quite expensive to procure items to build facilities like stadiums, airports, and hotels, but that's not the cost involved.

Yeah, that's right, to build such massive structures, you'd have to employ various types of workers.

And, well, let's just say that Qatar had to employ a lot of them⏤yep, like, a whole lot. 

As a matter of fact, they hired about 2 million workers, most of whom were migrants. 

And well, there have been very concrete claims that most of the workers were subjected to very terrible working conditions.

But that's not the point for now.

The point is, employing that number of workers was always gonna come at a great cost.

So, there you go, now you see why Qatar has spent so much on this World Cup.

But what do you think?

Do you think they overspent? Do you think they really gave those bribes?

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