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Built to disappear: World Cup stadium 974 will be fully dismantled after the tournament- to be shipped to countries that need the infrastructure

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FILE - A view of the Stadium 974 during the World Cup group G soccer match between Brazil and Switzerland, in Doha, Qatar, Monday, Nov. 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File)

Of the seven stadiums Qatar built for the World Cup, one will disappear after the tournament.

That's what the games' organizers have said about Stadium 974 in Doha - a port-side structure with more than 40,000 seats partially built from recycled shipping containers and steel.

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