Qatar says that their stadiums will be climate controlled and zero carbon emitting. Stadiums will reduce solar radiation and warm winds. The technology used will provide adequate climatic conditions. Stadiums are still in the process of being built, but many people are questioning if these dangerously hot temperatures can be cooled down by this technology. According to chief Fifa medical doctor, “They will need to travel from venue to venue and I think it's not a good idea for them to do that in temperatures of 47C or more”. For more information read here: http://www.news.com.au/sport/football/extraordinary-find-under-world-cup-stadium/news-story/18de36c1035b816f3deda84016bf3e03. The chief medical doctor is not as worried about the cooling of the stadiums because of the technology, but rather the fans traveling after the games in the dangerous heat. Do you think that the bigger issue could be the fans? Comment below with your thoughts.
A good point was made in the post above, even if there will be technologies made to cool down these stadiums, it will still be horrible outside and people will have to travel from one place to another. Putting the lives of many fans, athletes and workers in danger does not sound to me like it's the appropriate thing to do. - Daniel Dzhurayev
ResponderEliminarYou bring up a very valid point Tyler that it almost turns into survival out there in the gruesome heat of qatar. They are investing a lot of money into these stadiums to make sure they can keep fans, players, and staff cool. For traveling from venue to venue it seems sensible that there would be some train system in order to protect them from such heat. A lot of these fans are not going to be used to such heat and this issue must be resolved.
ResponderEliminarBased on what Qatar has done so far, I am interested to see whether or not these technologies will actually be ready for the World Cup. Along with the stadium itself, the heat outside will be devastating to people traveling from venue to venue and prevents any sort of social gatherings outside of the stadium. It still baffles me how Qatar got the World Cup bid with these high temperatures. I hope they figure it out.
ResponderEliminarI think that both are major issues. If this technology actually works, which would be impressive then that eliminates the issue of fans and players in stadiums. I think Qatar should consider using tunnels to transport fans to other venues. This is difficult as many of their stadiums are only accessible via water taxi, but since fans are basically the ones who let this world cup happen then Qatar and FIFA officials need to take into consideration everything that could prevent over heating and any other dangers. In my opinion, tunnels, or public transportation with minimal exposure to the outside conditions would be the best bet. Comment by Ali Cohen
ResponderEliminarI agree with a lot of the comments above regarding the fans. What happens when the fans are outside the luxurious stadiums passing out from the heat? That is not an issue Qatar or FIFA want to be dealing with. Fans far outnumber the players, so their health should be arguably more important than the players. Qatar needs to invest in covered/cooled transportation, areas to beat the heat outside of the stadium, and line reduction technology.
ResponderEliminarAlso, I'd be curious to see how much the FIFA Chief Medical Doctor gets paid...
Both issues raise much concern. The players, or the stars of the show, are the main concern, but they are probably being taken care of better than the fans already and there is less worry about their well being. Fans, though, are key for the revenue in these games. They need to be taken care of as well or else they won't show up to games. This issue with weather and climate change is why so many new stadiums in the US are becoming indoor to not only fight against the cold, but the heat too. Even though it gives the game a whole different feel, maybe more stadiums in Europe should consider moving to indoors.
ResponderEliminarTyler, I am a little confused here. From my point of view, all I see are players just going inside and practicing in cooler conditions compared to being outside in the burning heat. I think the only problem for the players is that they wont have much flexibility on when they do practice because with limited space to practice and many teams, it seems that FIFA will have to make a strict schedule on when each team can use each facility. This practice schedule may be more condensed and times for practice may be out of wack per say, but a solution could be just to make smaller practice fields with air condition that do not cost too much. More importantly than this I think a greater issue to research would be the potential environmental problems these huge cooling systems pose for the environment and how FIFA plans to handle it.
ResponderEliminarThis post is a nice point off of the conversation we had in class about the experience of going to a game in addition to the competition. Fans today love walking around the grounds of the stadium, buying concessions, having a drink with their fellow fans, and taking pictures in front of cut outs of players. Advances in technology have allowed architects to make these stadiums magnificent and much more of a pleasurable experience for fans now. I wonder if the stadium will ever take away from fans getting in to the match and focusing on the sport itself.
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