GTFO! Air-conditioning a 50,000 seat stadium in 122 degree heat in the DESERT might not work!

[MrCoffee]

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2016715899_apsocqatar2022coolingstadiums.html

After all the talk of using state-of-the-art air conditioning to cool stadiums at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the architect in charge of one of the venues reversed course and claimed Tuesday that a more old-fashioned solution would be cheaper and better.

Leading firm Populous, which is designing the Sports City stadium in Doha, is trying to persuade Qatari organizers to scrap plans to have air conditioning at the venue.

Populous director John Barrow said the system is too expensive and "notoriously unsustainable" for the environment when used on a large scale. Barrow, whose firm helped draw up the prototype of an air-conditioned stadium, now believes the planned 47,000-seat Sports City arena can be kept cool by shading seats and using traditional Arabic methods for ventilation.

What ever happened to the artificial remote controlled cloud blimps?

[Iggo]

1. You mean they quoted and submitted one thing, got the job...

...and now they wanna change it to something cheaper?

Get...

The Fuck...

OUT!!! :wow:

[MrCoffee]

2. More like bribed their way into the bid, then tried to sell fans a shit sandwich made of solar power

and robo-clouds and refraining from gay sex.

[thelordofhell]

3. Really???

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Phoenix_Stadium