Ryan Hite<p>Qatar had no stadiums. No legacy. No time.<br>Yet by 2022, it hosted the most expensive and compact World Cup.<br>This is the story of 8 stadiums, a billion-dollar ambition… and the lives caught in the middle.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WorldCup2022" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldCup2022</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Qatar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Qatar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FIFA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FIFA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Infrastructure</span></a> <a href="https://www.ryanjhite.com/2025/04/30/qatars-impossible-world-cup-how-a-tiny-desert-nation-built-a-football-empire-from-scratch/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ryanjhite.com/2025/04/30/qatar</span><span class="invisible">s-impossible-world-cup-how-a-tiny-desert-nation-built-a-football-empire-from-scratch/</span></a></p>