A Floating Stadium Concept

Massive floating structures are fascinating and cool; and some represent interesting alternatives to the enormous investments that follow itinerant sport events like the FIFA World Cup. For the 2022 edition, German architects stadiumconcept developed the Floating Offshore Stadium.

Along the lines of the South Africa World Cup and the fixed costs arising from empty, large-scale football stadiums ("White Elephants"), this alternative investment focuses on mobility and multi-decade utilisation. Once the large event is over, the small isle can be shipped to the next venue and potentially host, for example, more than one FIFA tournament. This, maintaining a smart use of renewable energies, being eco-efficiently powered by a blend of hybrid energies such as water, wind and solar power.

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