# FIFA World Cup Hosts 2018/2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 2, 2010, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-hosts-2018-2022/562652 "2010-12-02T11:42:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Wallenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-hosts-2018-2022/562652/21 "2010-12-02T15:36:36Z")
> [@Duke](#): > > Get on with it, Sepp… He’s been watching too much X-Factor. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-hosts-2018-2022/562652/22 "2010-12-02T15:38:15Z")
OK now that was a surprise. **SanVito** , hope your experience in Russia isn’t repeated by others… ---
**Author:** ![Wallenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-hosts-2018-2022/562652/23 "2010-12-02T15:39:32Z")
Yep - confirmed as Russia. No wonder Abramovich was laughing at the conference. How many millions have they paid in bribes for this one? ---
**Author:** ![Xan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ac8455/32.png) [@Xan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xan)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-hosts-2018-2022/562652/24 "2010-12-02T15:40:54Z")
> [@Wallenstein](#): > > Yep - confirmed as Russia. No wonder Abramovich was laughing at the conference. > > How many millions have they paid in bribes for this one? Just enough it seems. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-hosts-2018-2022/562652/25 "2010-12-02T15:44:43Z")
Um, what the fucking fuck? QATAR?!?!!?! ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-hosts-2018-2022/562652/26 "2010-12-02T15:44:55Z")
Qatar for 2022. 22 new stadia to build. Better get cracking… ---
**Author:** ![BDoors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BDoors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BDoors)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-hosts-2018-2022/562652/27 "2010-12-02T15:46:48Z")
Where’s the 2026 tournament going to be, on the Moon? ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-hosts-2018-2022/562652/28 "2010-12-02T15:49:41Z")
Can you play World Cup football indoors? Average highs (F): June 106 July 115 Aug 111 ---
**Author:** ![Terraplane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Terraplane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terraplane)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-hosts-2018-2022/562652/29 "2010-12-02T15:54:33Z")
2022 is going to be the shittiest World Cup ever. Unless they plan on playing night games you’re going to see like 15 minutes of good play per match before the players start to wilt. Desert football. Great job FIFA. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-hosts-2018-2022/562652/30 "2010-12-02T15:55:01Z")
> [@Jas09](#): > > Can you play World Cup football indoors? > > Average highs (F): > June 106 > July 115 > Aug 111 WHAT? not funny is it. It would not surprise me if deaths occur from heat exhaustion. Bribery, greased palms, call it what you will but that is absolute nonsense. Not sour grapes on my part as I was expecting England to lose but good grief. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-hosts-2018-2022/562652/31 "2010-12-02T15:55:18Z")
> [@Jas09](#): > > Can you play World Cup football indoors? > > Average highs (F): > June 106 > July 115 > Aug 111 They claim they’re going to air condition all the stadia, then dismantle them after the WC and send them to the “developing countries”, since of course there’s no one to fill these places after the cup is over (and possibly during it). Probably total BS designed to sell the bid. This thread should really be moved to the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![MJinks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@MJinks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MJinks)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-hosts-2018-2022/562652/32 "2010-12-02T16:02:19Z")
Perhaps we should have sent Prince Andrew instead… ---
**Author:** ![Wallenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-hosts-2018-2022/562652/33 "2010-12-02T16:02:31Z")
Is Qatar a dry nation? Going to be fun for the fans watching footie with a pint of orange juice. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-hosts-2018-2022/562652/34 "2010-12-02T16:09:34Z")
Russia? OK, long football history and never had it. Congrats. Qatar? Yeah, this thread needs to be in the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-hosts-2018-2022/562652/35 "2010-12-02T16:17:31Z")
FIFA’s own committee depicted Qatar’s bid as “risky”, so this gives you a idea of their mindset. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a bid process for an international sporting event where the least-favored bid–and at that, where the least-favored bid was far, far behind even the second-least–won. Then FIFA did it twice in one day. And I don’t think it’s being too conspiratorial to mention that the two countries that won are the two countries which would be most likely to shower FIFA executives with bribes. It almost seems to me that picking Russia and Qatar was FIFA’s middle finger to recent bribery allegations. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-hosts-2018-2022/562652/36 "2010-12-02T16:18:38Z")
Don’t feel bad. The Super Bowl is going to be in Anchorage, Alaska that year. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-hosts-2018-2022/562652/37 "2010-12-02T16:19:31Z")
> [@Wallenstein](#): > > Is Qatar a dry nation? Going to be fun for the fans watching footie with a pint of orange juice. From wiki: > [@](#): > > The laws of Qatar tolerate alcohol to a certain extent. However, the few bars and nightclubs in Qatar operate only in expensive hotels and clubs, much Distribution Company, the only importer and retailer for alcohol in Qatar. Under Qatar’s Sharia, it is illegal to show alcohol or be drunk in public. It was also be interesting to see how a country with a population of 1.7 million can host an event which had an attendance in 2010 of over 3 million… ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-hosts-2018-2022/562652/38 "2010-12-02T16:21:29Z")
> [@Jas09](#): > > Can you play World Cup football indoors? > > Average highs (F): > June 106 > July 115 > Aug 111 The WC doesn’t have to be in the summer, does it? What if they had the games in February? I imagine it would still be hot, but not _as_ hot. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-hosts-2018-2022/562652/39 "2010-12-02T16:27:04Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > The WC doesn’t have to be in the summer, does it? What if they had the games in February? I imagine it would still be hot, but not _as_ hot. Yes, it pretty much has to be in the summer, because of the normal pro league schedules for most countries. It’s the only time the players are available. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-hosts-2018-2022/562652/40 "2010-12-02T16:31:30Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > The WC doesn’t have to be in the summer, does it? What if they had the games in February? I imagine it would still be hot, but not _as_ hot. The World Cup has never been any time other than May, June, or July. It would dramatically disrupt domestic competitions if it were held in any other period. I guess if there were no other options they could consider a one-month gap in domestic leagues/cups/etc, but I don’t think that was part of the Qatari proposal. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-hosts-2018-2022/562652.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fifa-world-cup-hosts-2018-2022/562652.md?page=3)